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I don't think I've ever had a real fashion disaster.

A room full of great sportsmen is so much better than a room full of actors.

I can honestly say I've never chosen a film because where it's shot is convenient.

I think anybody who bets on horses and says they win is probably a liar.

I really believe you can carry yourself in such a way that people don't notice you.

I've had some great times with actresses, but that's in a movie.

I am a big soccer fan, and a very big Liverpool fan.

Movies are certainly a director's medium, so getting the opportunity to work with really good directors is everything to me.

I watch a film and the most important thing to me is what I think of the movie.

Very often on films, even without a producer credit, I'll be involved, very early on. I want to be there as the thing is taking shape.

I've got actor friends who didn't get breaks, who struggle and worry about things that I'm fortunate not to have to worry about.

I want to go anywhere and everywhere and explore as much as I can.

I'm not a great one for classic horror or cheap thrills.

I love to mix it up. I love to keep doing different things.

I've done a number of things based on real people or true stories or based on books, and I'm a great believer that you have to be true to the script.

I'm the git in the family.

As I get older, I've been having a better and better time.

Good dialogue is very important.

I find sometimes that if you do too many takes, it starts to become meaningless to me. It is hard to sustain it for me. I don't want to do too many.

I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice.

You're always dealing with emotions as an actor.

I'm not better than anyone else.

You see these actresses who have had Botox or something else done, and it takes you out of the film.

I'm not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role.

I was not a very fearful kid, really.

I do a lot better if I sit around and think about a character for a couple of months.

For me, London is and always will be home.

I live in London and I love living in a gun free environment and long may it continue.

I'd like to do a film which is funny.

I do get clocked. But it's not invasive to the point where it's upsetting. It doesn't encroach.

Belfast during the Troubles looked like a different world.

I'm a big fan of comedies and dramas, and I watch tons of movies.

America's been very, very good to me. I've been very lucky and worked a lot there, and appreciate and love the work that I've done.

For me really good acting is about subtext.

I think there is a lot of overexplaining both in writing and acting. People don't need to be hit on the head.

After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo.

I do wear suits all the time.

Audiences can be very judgmental.

Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.

I don't like being consumed by work all the time. I consume myself so much when I do a part that I like to step away from it.

For some people, an event happens and they are thrown into a tabloid feeding ground.

When there's an idiot driving crazily in front of you, that can wind the best of you up.

I never aspired to be anything. What I've done is beyond my wildest.

I certainly am not a great believer in over-rehearsing between actors, and certainly not doing the dialogue too much.

Obviously, I'm attracted to heavier movies.

I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.

Rudeness can make me angry.

I've got an age that I do think of myself.

I couldn't bear a marriage in which one partner hinges on the other.

I am comfortable around babies and children because I have two of my own.

I've been very fortunate with the scripts I've had and the people I worked with.

The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe.

I don't just like to have 1 take, but not too many. I think it is good to keep it alive.

It's important to me that everyone is treated with respect.

The further you run from your sins, the more exhausted you are when they catch up to you.

When you are shooting action, there is a satisfying thing because your objectives are very clear.

As far as career goes, make sure you're in it for the right reasons - and make sure that the work itself is the most important thing.

There's not a big gun culture in England at all still.

I think it's dangerous to get into ideas of planning careers.

Acting is all about likability.

I think that Phil Kaufman is one of the best directors that I have come across.

Death frees the beast.

I did it for the money. But its not worth much if you cant face yourself in the mirror. Respect is the ultimate currency.

I go off and make movies; I come home, and I'm a dad and I hang with my girls.

I'm interested in playing all kinds of parts.

I always want my options to be open.

I dread karaoke. I hate karaoke. I can't sing - that is why.

Action scenes are not that different from other scenes.

I always used to say to myself, I'm going to die of lung cancer. That's the choice I'm making.

My wife needs her freedom just like me.

I'm just a working actor.

I just love playing good guys.

It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.

I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it.

I'm just constantly trying to renew and give myself new challenges and push myself to uncomfortable places, trying to get better.

I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.

I'm competitive with myself, not at the expense of everything around me. I never wanted to be a movie star. I just wanted to act.

There are a lot of people who go through a lot of tough things, and it doesn't stop them from wanting to be a better parent.

Outside of being home with my family, I prefer a crowd.

The worst piece of advice I've gotten in my whole career is from somebody who said, 'Remember, it's all about likeability.'

I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.

I want to be in movies that stand the test of time.

I go home to London in between jobs, and in London, my life has nothing to do with the business. It's a family life, hanging with friends.

Jewelery isn't really my thing, but I've always got my eye on people's watches.

I never really look at life and worry about missed opportunities.

Without faith, without belief in something, what are we?

I'm a huge fan of 'The Exorcist.'

I certainly don't think of myself as an action hero.

The financial implode is bound to be reflected in the movies that are being made, there's no question.

I'd love to do a Western.

Ultimately, to have a career in movies, to a certain extent, certainly in England, you can't sustain a career in just English movies.

I can't remember ever being involved in a fight in a movie where I haven't done most of it.

I was at the birth of my two girls.

I was very keen on playing a victim.

There's certainly a huge element of luck in me ending up where I've ended up.

I would never give anybody any advice about anything.

I don't play video games.

Sometimes you find your destiny on the road you took to avoid it.