There's editing, and scripts to read and edit, and casting, and all the elements of production that just sort of take up the normal downtime that you would have as an actor. So there's not a lot of that for me.
Duncan Sheik and I are trucking along on 'American Psycho,' which is sort of the anti-Superman, you know? But it's a lot of fun, too, in a much, much darker way, obviously.
The body is sort of a pain. It has to go to the bathroom. It has to be comfortable. But the spirit is indestructible. It can move at the speed of light.
Nico Tinbergen was my doctoral supervisor, and he was a benign, avuncular sort of influence; everybody loved him.
After one party loses two elections in a row, there's sort of blood in the water.
If Hollywood stars speak out, so do all sorts of other people. Now Hollywood stars can get a better hearing.
What I think I've been able to do well over the years is play with pain, play with problems, play in all sorts of conditions.
The conservative version of American exceptionalism has become a password of sorts for candidates who want to prove their credentials to a right-wing America.
I was a dozy boy; I'd like to have been like James Dean, but I was more Arthur Askey - pathetically rebellious in a cheeky, chappy sort of way.
I think that you can sort of have your own personal journey and you know, you can just kind of apply that to whatever characters you're playing.
Trying again is okay. Trying again and again and again is okay. It's sort of an infinite thing because the alternative is failure, and that's okay.
In poetic language, in which the sign as such takes on an autonomous value, this sound symbolism becomes an actual factor and creates a sort of accompaniment to the signified.
To be honest, Peter Pan was one of those fairy tales that I sort of related to, and I think that's the case with a lot of kids.
I wanted to stay on a career path of the likes of Natalie Portman. I didn't want to be pigeonholed into a certain genre. I sort of believe that slow and steady wins the race.
I loved it, but had to forget about acting after elementary school because it was the sort of thing you just didn't do in my rough neighborhood.
You can get pictures into what people are sort of thinking about others. Just go onto Google and type 'Why are Indians' and then look for the autocomplete.
I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
Every single one of my books had its title changed almost as we were going to press, for all sorts of different reasons.
I've got spider veins all over my legs, so I wear opaque tights all winter. All sorts of colours.
Some astronauts sleep in sort of beds - compartments that you can open up and crawl into and then close up, almost like a little bedroom.
All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views.
