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" That's what sets apart one actor from another, and that you can't teach. You can't give someone that. When you're working, putting a character together, or in a scene, that's where things will happen that you have to have the intuition to notice them, and to register them. "

" Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that. "

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" Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext. "

" I had a guitar when I was 6 or 7, a plastic guitar with the Beatles' faces on it. It would be a collector's item now. It would fetch a hefty sum, I imagine. "

" Rather like Batman, I embody the themes of the movie which are the values of family, courage and compassion and a sense of right and wrong, good and bad and justice. "

" People who know me, they know I have a sense of humor, I'm a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really, and I would love someone to exploit that side of me and send me a romantic comedy. "

" I know what it means to do a job... I worked in a factory. I respect people in the service industry. What irritates me more is when people aren't respectful. There's a lot of nonsense behavior, especially in a place like Hollywood. The money, the power, they create little monsters. "

" Your own barometer is all you have to go by, and often what makes a good director is knowing when not to say something. On occasions you can find yourself on a film set where the person who is wearing the director's hat is only trying to justify his position. "

" Well, I needed the work - that's the honest answer. I haven't worked for a while, a couple of years. So I thought it would be nice to get back to work and earn some money. "

" I'm almost incapable of lying. I'd be a terrible spy. "

" I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano. "

" But you see, I have played more good guys than I have played villains. "

" I hadn't worked for a couple of years so I thought it would be nice to earn some money and pay the bills. "

" I'm still a member of the Empire! Although I sometimes feel like an American with a British accent - you get contaminated after so long. "

" And costume is so important for an actor. It absolutely helps to get into character; it's the closest thing to you, it touches you. Some actors like to go into make-up and then put their clothes on, but I like to dress first; that's my routine. "

" It's a shame about California, and particularly about L.A., where they've demolished so many landmarks. It's a bit of a disease there, where if anything is over 30 years old, they sort of knock it down and replace it. It's a strange town, it's this sprawling suburb, and then there's a city, the old town. "

" I did have a knack for playing weirdos. There's still sort of this perception of me out there as being this crazy guy. "

" Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically. "

" Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men. "

" Culturally, politically, everywhere you look... Read the newspaper. Go online. Our world has gone to hell. "

" I wasn't ever a huge fan of comics. Just not one of those kids, you know? "

" I took a bit of a back seat, I had kids and I wanted to focus on them. There's that period in the late '90s, the early 2000s, where I didn't do a great deal. "

" I had what AA calls 'a convincer' - which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for about 70 hours here in London. At the end I knew I was done. "

" You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. "

" I have three kids who like Harry Potter so I was sort of aware of it. You can't really move from it: it's on buses, in stores, it's everywhere. One of my kids has read the books; the other two are too small but they like the movies. "

" Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger. "

" At 23 it was all about acting. Today it's getting my kids to school, making sure that they've done their homework. I'm in my fifties, and I'm turning into a square. "

" The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it's the most generous nation in the world. "

" My big love was the Beatles. I was more into music. "