I just learn my lines, go on set. Do my preparation, whatever that is. Have a cup of coffee. Say hello to everyone. And be friendly. "Action" - and t….

I've been very lucky. I've had my problems in the past, I've had my troubles, but you move on. I had a great life and I am really thankful for it..

I've always liked to be a meat and potatoes kind of actor who doesn't believe in any of the highfalutin stuff about acting, so I tend to be a little ….

Hitchcock was such a master of putting on screen things that made you uneasy. Somebody once asked him what frightened him most, and he said the polic….

I never cling on to hope or certainty. They're the enemies of peace..

Whether it's overeating or it's overworking or over-sex or whatever it is, alcoholism, drug addition, we push ourselves to the brink and then pull ba….

I'm not unfamiliar with music, and I really do write music. I've gotten a talent for it. I don't have the technical skills, but I do plan to learn..

It created in me a yearning for all that is wide and open and expansive. Something that will never allow me to fit in in my own country, with its nar….

Getting old ain't for the faint of heart..

I'm interested in the dream and subconscious mind, the peculiar dream-like quality of our lives, sometime nightmare quality of our lives..

We are fascinated by the darkness in ourselves, we are fascinated by the shadow, we are fascinated by the bogeyman..

I wouldn't use the word 'scared' for my role as Hitchcock, but it was my most insecure. Taking on such a formidable, giant personality such as Hitchc….

I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it. I think we ask too many questions of ourselves. We make too much importance of stuff. But I do say to ac….

A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti..

Things have changed so much now. Everything is downloaded onto computers. I'm not a computer-savvy guy, but with downloading the movie industry has c….

When you're younger you have a lot of ideas and you're probably more insecure, all those things. I work with young actors now and I see their insecur….

The trick is not to get too fanatical about getting the accent too accurate because then that becomes a mask. What I try to do is just painting and s….

There are people who are convinced supernatural forces are at work, but I've no idea. I suspect 'possession' might be a psychological thing, like sch….

I'm the slowest driver in the world..

What is so liberating about this whole business is when you see that, you know, big movies are going to come out, huge movies are going to come out, ….

I was trundling around with my inadequacies, and inner pain and loneliness. I yearned, desperately, to be something. I yearned to get out from where ….