It can be very intense being an actor; it can be quite a small world. Then you speak to your friend who is a scientist and they have a completely different perspective.
It was going to be a long, dark night but not quite as dark as it was in the abyss of his heart where there was nothing but hollowness, yet it felt heavy, almost as if someone still resided there.
Something is happening to Britain and the British. Or has happened. We are said to be passing through a transition, or a turning point, or a transformation; nobody is quite sure which.
In my career quite a few people have tried to force me out, but so far no one has succeeded.
Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can't quite name.
I've always been able to just concoct a melody quite easily - it's just kind of instinct, really. You've got to channel your subconscious.
There are people who recall my father as a saint and a monster. I'm quite sure I will share the same fate.
Take me! Well, not quite take me, love me now, take me eventually
I think it is quite untrue that it is standard journalistic practice to name the interviewer when quoting from an interview.
Look at the number of cop shows and lawyer shows and forensics shows... I think there could be room for two quite different examinations of the same political office.
I write quite a lot of sonnets, and I think of them almost as prayers: short and memorable, something you can recite.
There are many different ways the public can respond to actors - they can see you on TV and feel they know you and own you, and there can be something quite cornering about that.
Chet Faker's a reference to the late Chet Baker. I'm a big fan of his vocal style; it's quite fragile and soft, and that was a style I wanted to take on.
Sometimes when I'm not working, I go and teach at an acting school, and quite selfishly, that makes me feel more inspired to do things myself.
It's quite a feeling to finish something you have been 10 years beholden to and to have a clean slate.
Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
Success seems to be connected to action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.
Me, I walk along and feel quietly defensive, a recluse in the Land of We. That's quite the loaded word, 'we.'
When we mention our personal opinions we must always make quite clear the difference between them and the Faith itself . . .
When I lived in Paris in the early '80s, I had the occasion to hang out with Prince Albert of Monaco quite a few times.
It is an honor to be on the cover of this game because the World Cup is such a big thing around the world. My kids are really quite impressed so that's fun.
