British Quotes

The visceral experience of seeing a movie in three dimensions, coming at you in the theater, is obviously here to stay, because it is a unique experience. I think that kind of format is only appropriate for some genres, but I'm all for it.

It's deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.

I've been doing some writing, which I find very cathartic and fun.

I'm still learning, and that's what life is about.

I'm something of a history buff. It's deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.

I used to sit in school and dream about getting into films.

I think that two-dimensional film will always be here to stay because it always has its place, but 3D does too.

I think as an actor you're lucky to have any film take on a life of its own long after it's left the theater.

I take away something from every role. I'm still learning and that's what life is about.

I like historical pieces. History was my favorite subject in school, it was the only subject I excelled in. I love the idea of history and the idea that we may have the opportunity to learn from our past mistakes.

I feel like if a film is well-written, then the character's arc is complete. There really is very little room to expand on that afterwards.

I do not envy the headache you will have when you awake. In the meantime, dream of large women.

Yes, OK, farty is a silly word. I wish I'd never used it. I'm 34. Perhaps it was a word for my 20s.

We've all got to look at ourselves, start with yourself, that's all you can do. I believe that we can act responsibly as a group, it's just that there are vested interests telling us not to bother.

There are lots of things I could have done for the money, but I've made a great living doing the things I want to do.

The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value.

People who get through life dependent on other people's possessions are always the first to lecture you on how little possessions count.

No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.

My parents were secular. I am an atheist.

My advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they've read it and learnt to understand it, then they must throw it away and never look at it again!

If I did things for the money, I'd have done adverts in the 1980s, when I was hot enough to be offered them, and 'Police Academy 6,' which I was asked to write.

I'm lucky because the strongest emotion I have ever felt is being in love, and that definitely informs my writing.

I'm easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring.

I try hard not to preach, but I get carried away, which is a mistake, but it's a risk worth running.

I think trying to be cool is the worst possible ambition - and I have never suffered from it.

I think it is very difficult to legislate for morality.

I loved writing 'Two Brothers' more than anything else I have written. It's the first book I've written that I've always known I wanted to write. Having said that, it also kept me awake at nights.

I find the fact that billionaires are quoted as if the fact that they are billionaires gives them some kind of wisdom is outrageous.

I exercise hard and the reason I do is so that I can earn the things I like to consume.

I don't know what people who I've never met think about me. Some have written horrible things, some have written nice things - but I'm proud of the fact I've remained close to everyone I've ever worked with.