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" I try to make two movies a year. To me, that's not too much. On top of that, I like to work. "

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" When I'm in England, I know I'm a visitor, but being a white man in England with ancestry that's German and Italian, I have a history with the Romans and the Saxons. I feel some connection and ancestry here, as weird as that sounds. "

" All of my characters have a glint of madness. "

" My father once said, 'If you're in the desert and you're dying of thirst, are you going to drink a glass of blood or are you going to drink a glass of water?' I think what he was trying to say, interesting coming from my blood father, is sometimes there are people in your family that can be toxic. "

" Disney has a great tradition of enchanting children and giving them something to behold. "

" Zoology has always been interesting to me. Nature is fascinating. "

" There were two movies that asked me to go to Australia or New Zealand for long periods of time. One was 'Lord of the Rings' and one was 'The Matrix.' But I was actively involved at that time raising my family, and I couldn't really take that time out. "

" I'm not contractually obligated to sequels on anything. "

" Most of my favourite moments in film have been when I've had an opportunity to say something from scratch, something original, whether I jotted down a few lines or it came out in improvisation. "

" I love England - it's no secret. "

" Sometimes people think I'm wearing a wig when I'm not wearing a wig, and then sometimes they think I'm not wearing a wig when I am wearing a wig. "

" I do tend to apply myself to projects that make me uncomfortable because usually when that happens I try to find a way of existing in the project that is more creative. "

" I bought a Yamaha-1 and I was doing 180 miles per hour home on the 405 and that's really, really crazy but I did it. "

" I haven't isolated myself. I am not living on a yacht somewhere. I am not tucked away or behind a gate somewhere. I am not flying on a private plane. I am going to the airport, I am with people, some of the interactions are good, some of them are not so good, but it keeps me in touch with being, you know, part of society. "

" One of my goals is to have a base near mainland China. I think Hong Kong would be a good match for me. I like being in Hong Kong. "

" I know what it's like to meet someone you admire and have them be a complete jerk. "

" I'm not afraid to play ugly - look at 'Adaptation.' I looked like a turd that a cat had coughed up. "

" I would like to find a way to embrace what Led Zeppelin did, in filmmaking. "

" I'm not an anarchist any more. I still love the Sex Pistols, but I don't want to be a punk rocker all the time, but I do want to carry on exploring new forms of acting. "

" I do like to move and get physical in my movies. "

" Children, to me, are of the utmost importance. They're really the future, aren't they? "

" Mike Myers as Austin Powers makes me laugh - that was genius - and Daffy Duck makes me laugh, but I like odd behavior. I don't like hip dialogue and one-liners and all that sort of cool, sophomoric comedy. It's just not for me. "

" Idris Elba is a grand actor. He's very larger than life; he's bigger than life. "

" If I could have been a marine biologist I would have, but I didn't have that kind of intelligence. Numbers were never my strong point. "

" It may come as a surprise to people, but I'm actually quite boring and normal. What do I do? I read books. I drive my kid to school. I have lunch with my wife. I pick my kid up from school. I go home. "

" I'm not a trained actor. I'm someone who is autodidactic and learned on my own. "

" I don't think movies are the reason why this violence exists, I think it's going to happen whether movies are there or not. "

" As I got older, with my work, I became aware of the responsibility of film, and I feel one of the best ways I can apply myself as an actor, is to go beyond movie stardom and celebrity. "

" I think that if you go about making movies to win Oscars, you're really going about it the wrong way. "

" Shock is still fun. I won't ever shut the door on it. "

" One day, one of my dreams is to someday get to do Nemo in '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.' "