And I think he's been very keen to do that.

That's the trouble with anything which essentially has a lot of bits that are physically impossible: You're left, stuck, in the studio. And that's a shame. You're making a movie. You don't want it to stay put, you want it to be a movie - to move.

Why is it trivia? People call it trivia because they know nothing and they are embarrassed about it.

I knew it was going to be enormous because of the number of people who bought the books, but, to be honest, I never thought it would be bigger than Bond. Never in a million years.

I've got two young kids. I don't know what the future holds.

My dad? He died when I was 19, which is a bad time for your dad to die, because there's an awful lot of things you have to resolve with your parents past your teens if you've been a difficult teenager.

The backgrounds in Lord of the Rings are all explained.

I've signed on for four movies, and I'll do four. That's easy. No complications there.

I had a very bad time with acid. I did that classic thing of looking in the mirror by mistake and seeing the devil. But I took it several times, because you always think that next time you might have the wonderful time that everyone else is having.

And I think he's been very keen to do that.

Ninety percent of people's nightmares is standing in front of 1,000 people. Did you know that? And having to speak. You would have thought it would have been a madman tying you up and taking your eyes out.

What you do is get the right director and the right screenwriter and the right cast. It's a fantastic job.

I mean, I'm obviously not one of those people who's so beautiful women take their clothes off when I walk into the room. I didn't become a star overnight.

It's hell with that big beard and stuff. That's the one bit I don't like. Either you take out at lunch or you don't eat. So I opted not to eat, 'cause having to put it on twice is horrific.

I sometimes worry that all the beautiful things have been made.

It was quite instant that he wanted Harry's approval. Did you notice that? And the children sort of rescued him this time. It's a great turnabout. That's what happens as your children get older. They do things for you, and it's quite shocking when they do.

The person who comes up to you and makes the most noise and is the most intrusive is invariably the person in the room who has no respect for you at all, and it's really all about them.

Crows are incredibly smart. They can be taught five things on the drop.

Believe me, my children have more stamina than a power station.

When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave.

Is it just me, or is the world full of beautiful women?

I've already felt that I want to direct. Being an executive producer is like the best job in the world because you make all these executive decisions and then you leave the money to other people. You don't have to be on set and counting beans.

I love films where the world seems to be going a bit faster and everything's a bit brighter and more in focus.

I think the shocking thing to discover is the owls are not stupid and very feral, very hard to train.

See, what you're meant to do when you have a mid-life crisis is buy a fast car, aren't you? Well, I've always had fast cars. It's not that. It's the fear that you're past your best. It's the fear that the stuff you've done in the past is your best work.

I just get the same stuff as I did before, but the price tag is much higher.

Natural hydration is a key factor in any type of sports performance.

Mindfulness is about love and loving life. When you cultivate this love, it gives you clarity and compassion for life, and your actions happen in accordance with that.

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out.

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.

Blacks essentially play the race card, when necessary as a counter to white privilege.

India is a democratic country & anyone can become a PM.

Most people who are trying to write kind of sit in their basements and pull it out of their imaginations.

The biggest misconception about us is that we're just a rock band. We think our music is a cross-section of many genres; a hybrid of what the six of us have grown up on.

Jesus Christ tells us that a man cannot be wrong if he argues towards God from what he finds best in himself.

Give all your pearls, and the swine will make a pearl necklace, then run off. Don't show all your glory.

The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to man.

One of the things that I'm realizing is that in voice-over work, you have to actually do more work with your facial muscles and your mouth. You have to kind of exaggerate your pronunciation a little bit more, whereas with live action, you can get away with mumbling sometimes.

If I didn't have a scholarship to go to the University of Florida or any school, I probably would have considered the military because my family could not afford to send me to college.

I'm telling you, as a doctor who spent about half of his time in the office taking care of our seniors on Medicare, it is a program that intentions to work are much better than the way it's working today in terms of practicality.

I have a mentality of not worrying about what people say about me, good or bad. That's not what I'm putting my energy into.

I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.

Never too late to change your relationship with somebody in your life.

You are only entitled to the action, never to its fruits.?

In order to master the unruly torrent of life the learned man meditates, the poet quivers, and the political hero erects the fortress of his will.

Tolerance is a one-way street in the Age of Obama. 'Choice' is in the eye (and iron fist) of the First Amendment usurper.

Life just doesn't hand you things. You have to get out there and make things happen. that's the exciting part.

I would have told him that I appreciated his friendship through the years and that I had learned a lot from him. I really loved Frank like you do a brother.

A lot of times when you're making a record, you put your head down and charge forward until you're done. You just hope that the ideas hold up, because you're kind of lost in your own storm.