I think being self-referential is really narcissistic. Who's to say anybody's even thinking of you that much? But some of these movies that I've done, people still recite lines to me, even 20 years later.
I don't consider that I have to judge any of the movies I make all the time, but people are always asking me, 'What's your favorite movie?' And I never know what to say.
A lot of people are afraid to tell the truth, to say no. That's where toughness comes into play. Toughness is not being a bully. It's having backbone.
I've been & am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen & I'm quite ordinary, & will say so whatever the artistic results. In that point I'm one of the few people who tell the truth about myself.
A time is coming when people will go mad, and when they see those who are not mad, they will attack them saying, "You are mad, you are not like us.
When I say things that sound insane, like only the smartest million people should have the right to vote, well, I mean that.
And it says something about our level of disassociation, that we can provoke these wars abroad but we're not allowed to see people get killed as a result.
When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.'
But when you say crazy, that describes very well what the general appearance may be to ordinary, everyday people.
I can't think of anything you might say about Irish people that is absolutely true.
They say 15 million people are watching the show, but what does that mean, you know? It's not until I'm accosted on the street that I understand!
This is not to say that the Scots are not fine people, but they were all sort of... well, my grandfather was a minister and sort of Protestant, and this was rather depressing to me.
People ask, 'Should I call you Sir Hopkins?' But I say, 'No. Call me Tony,' because it's too much of a lift-up.
Someone said I wasn't attractive enough. People say those things, but they make you stronger. Then you can win an Emmy and think, ha, ha, ha.
I don't think people shouldn't try to be edgy, but you have to take what the audience says to you in consideration.
People keep saying I've changed. I used to be confrontational. But I'm - I haven't changed. It was - it's just that circumstances have changed.
It kind of cracks me up when people say I'm hot because I just think that that's a term that I don't have to deal with anymore.
Everyone had a dirty, little secret that is never spoken out loud to anyone. Which is another way of saying people are never what they seem.
I have to say that as an actor, I really look for the role. I'm not really looking to see if it's for television or film, because there are highly talented people in both mediums.
It's easy to say young people should believe in themselves, but the number one thing is recognizing that it's a journey, that you have to build confidence in yourself.
Don't let people get the best of you they can say what they want but don't let that distract you from achieving your goals.
