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" The longer you have something, the stronger the bond. That's true with people as well as things. "

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" As an actor I've been attracted to the sort of films that I want to go and see. That tends to usually be drama-related. "

" When I shoot I'll take my family with me - one movie a year and then the rest of the time at home. "

" If you're lucky enough to be involved in a film that's about something very real and that you hope will continue to hold up in 20 years' time it just gives you more energy and makes it feel all the more worthwhile. "

" I wanted to be a mechanic. When I was 14 I wanted to quit school and go work on my car. But my dad said Son, you shouldn't do that. You should stay in school until your education is finished, and when you're done, don't make your hobby your job. "

" I get inhabited by a character and then you mourn it. There's a period of mourning for me, definitely. "

" I think there are times when you walk onto a set you can potentially be either intimidated or distracted by what's going on around you. "

" The more I love the character, the harder it is to get it wrong. I have to get to a point that I can speak for them. "

" It's always been my hope, as an actor, to reveal only what is relevant about myself to the work. "

" A girl's got to be fun. It's the one bit of advice I always give to friends of mine who are thinking of getting married. "

" I don't like to come at my character from some really technical place. "

" I think the beauty of working with young people is they remind you of the spirit of acting and it's just a big play. "

" I like the unknown. I like mystery. "

" Stand-up came out of three things. Frustration, necessity and arrogance. I didn't have a great career ahead of me in anything. Someone literally said to me, 'You should try stand-up,' and took me to a venue. "

" My background was producing and writing and performing in television when I started out, and I really missed that, that whole creative process that comes from sort of 'me' storytelling. "

" I wasn't going to be a college kid. The only subject I was interested in was English. I think I had a subconscious interest in analyzing story. "

" I used to lift very heavy weights in my mid-twenties - I used to bench press over 300lb. The most I ever lifted was 330lb; I couldn't do that today, no way. "

" I think I wasted a lot of my youth, falling for girls who were a couple of years older than me. "

" I deliberately fly in and out of LA for as small a time as humanly possible. "

" I think luck gets you on to the stage. But it has nothing to do with keeping you there. "

" I think love can come fairly easily and grow - but really liking the core essence of someone is a much harder thing to bottle. If you have both, you're in pretty good shape. "

" When I go on the plane to fly home, I'm literally capable of forgetting what I do for a job. That also comes about because I choose to take massive breaks between projects, and because I choose to do this ridiculous thing of keeping home, home. "

" I occasionally go to the gym and I lift free weights, I don't use machines. "

" I've worked with some of the great cinematographers. So I'm always watching what they do and I'm watching how the director composes his shots, just because I find it interesting as an actor; you're trying to help them out as well. "

" The movies people don't talk about or remember after six months' time don't really matter. "

" I've always been attracted to cars, and driving is a completely measurable experience: if you qualify last on the grid, you're the slowest, and if you qualify first on the grid, you're the fastest. So no one can say you're slow if you're fast and no one can say you're fast if you're slow. "

" I'm very much a bit of a ghost presence. "

" The reason my kids come to the set is so I can actually see them. "

" I've always described parts as tattoos. For actors our tattoos are in the form of films. "

" I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, 'Bring back the spikes, Dad.' "

" I would never say never to returning to comedy. "