The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.
I think the sensation of being moved by a piece of art is something that is really good for a person's soul.
I can be shy, but I’m not really. I try to be better at overcoming these things people have said.
The most amazing thing is when you find yourself watching someone in the café or something doing something weird. It's amazing what people do, isn't it, when you just look at them, when you take the time to look.
I've been out to LA a couple of times but, over there, the Grenouille in me always comes to the surface. I feel completely terrified, totally flummoxed, like I don't understand what the hell is going on. I've no desire at all to go back there.
Your one certainty in life, your power as a human being, is that you have a choice in every situation about what you do next and about how you take what has happened to you.
I don’t think that actors are necessarily any more uncomfortable in their skin than anyone else. I suppose I feel more comfortable in my skin now, but you’re always playing a character, aren’t you? You tell different versions of yourself to different people and vice versa. Here, or in the photo shoot or wherever, it’s a representation of you. It’s not you-you. That’s how you get through it.
As an actor you have total rights to privacy and mystery, whatever your sexuality, whatever you do. I don't see why that has to be something you discuss openly because you do something in the public eye. I have no understanding of why we turn actors into celebrities.
I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.
I do get stopped on the street, although rarely. And they always have something lovely to say.
I find it really hard to say anything coherent or interesting about the work I do.
I find it weird that people want to know about you.
I'm not tortured and neurasthenic - I'm really not.
Filmmakers tell stories to explore human nature, which is always a flawed thing.
I am a typical Libran. I tend to see two sides of everything.
I always feel I am in the dark. You are never finished... it is not as if you can look back and think: ah... I know what I am talking about. You are only as good as your last job and are always struggling and striving and you never quite get to where you want to be.
I reckon domesticated cats have a pretty good life.
It's fun to pretend you're good at something you know you wouldn't be good at in real life.
I'm really hopeless with technology - I don't even have a computer.
I wish that the arts were better supported, and you can't say that enough times, but I also believe that whatever happens, artists will keep going.
I would have loved to have been a painter or a sculptor. I'm still fascinated by those things.
Dustin Hoffman takes such pleasure in what he does and there's nothing tense about him. He exudes joy and passion for what he's doing and that infects everyone. It certainly put me at ease coming to work with him every day. I felt his confidence and freedom rubbed off. He doesn't censor himself or stop an idea because he thinks it might be wrong.
I don't think I am especially interested in celebrities, but I love talking about what is going on with people and why they do what they do.
When you have a character to work with, you carry them around in a strange way - they make you look at the world in a different way.
My intuition comes up with better stuff than my head, I think.
