1. “You cannot learn a lesson of profound forgiveness unless you understand what it is to be wounded and forgive that which has wounded you.”
2. “All the great writers root their characters in true human behaviour.”
3. “If your best friend has stolen your girlfriend, it does become life and death.”
4. “I have never felt the bereft of anything.”
5. “With narration, you have to very accurate with your voice. It’s a good exercise to do.”
6. “I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that I am creative.”
7. “I don’t honestly think people know what acting is.”
8. “Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic.”
9. “The biggest surprise in a man’s life is old age.”
10. “I’m very in love with the fact hat the camera is revolted by acting and loves behaviour.”
11. “In cinema, the leading player is the director.”
12. “I think the camera you lie has more to do with silence, and the theater you like ha more to do with language.”
13. “As an actor there’s no autonomy, unless you’re prepared to risk the possibility of starving.”
14. “Sometimes it’s right to do the wrong things and right now is one of those times.”
15. “Equal partners aren’t always what we envision as being manifestly equal. Equality can come in many different shapes and sizes and combinations.”
16. “There is so much to do on film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating and wonderful place to be, when things are running well.”
17. “The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man would say that.”
18. “There’s so much crap talked about acting.”
19. “I just loved playing a man who was unafraid of making an idiot of himself in the process of falling in love. I found that admirable.”
20. “Millions of children are disempowered and we need to empower them.”
