So I turned these sort of deficiencies into a, a workable thing if you understand what I mean.

We try to... we are, I suppose to a certain extent all affected and erm, that is both funny and sad I think.

I don't think I gain anything by seeing myself.

It's both funny and sad which seem to me to be the two basic ingredients of good comedy.

So I turned these sort of deficiencies into a, a workable thing if you understand what I mean.

And erm, perhaps looking like this it was perhaps the only thing I could do.

Nature didnt need an operation to be beautiful. It just was.

The last time I heard real screaming in the theatre was when I went to see a movie I did years ago, called 'Wait Until Dark.' Now, my mother was the least emotional person on the planet, but when I got killed in the movie, she stood up and screamed, 'That's my son!' At Radio City Music Hall in New York!

I wonder what all those Chinese poets sound like in Chinese. I like their distilled quality.

Exercise makes me a better parent. I'm calmer and happier.

Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.

Suspense is achieved by information control: What you know. What the reader knows. What the characters know.

I'd say I'm a true conservative. Liberals have got a monopoly on protecting the environment, or all the cool technology, and I don't think we should cede that territory.

It's much less interesting as an actor playing someone who's purely good or purely evil.

When you reach a calm and quiet meditative state, that is when you can hear the sound of silence.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

You don't need 30 million people to listen to your podcast. If 10,000 people listen to your podcast, which is not a hard number to achieve, then 10,000 people are listening, and you can build a community, and literally change the world just recording into a microphone.

Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.

I just write the sort of book that I would enjoy reading myself, a book that is both scholarly and recreates the experience of people at that time.

The directors that I end up having a really good time with are the ones that understand the fluidity of the medium and are interested in catching lightning in a bottle.

Pilates is amazing. It makes you conscious of how you have been doing something incorrectly for so long, even something as simple as just standing there.

Surround yourself with smart, dedicated people - to build something isn’t a one-man show. It’s more important to have smart people who really believe in what you’re doing than really experienced people who may not share your dream.

The shortest route to deeper and richer worship is a clearer theology.

As a company, we don't contribute to any cause except noncontroversial things like a breast cancer walk. I don't know anybody who is 'for' breast cancer.

Trudeau claims he's wary about Chinese espionage, but also says there's nothing wrong with Chinese state-owned enterprises buying up as much of Canada's resource sector as it likes.

In our rich consumers' civilization we spin cocoons around ourselves and get possessed by our possessions.

Real luxury is having the time to read endless stories in bed with my children. And I get that all the time. I'm so blessed.

I like being involved with projects that are not only entertaining but are also thought provoking. Either that, or jobs that keep a roof over my head. A mixture of both is always nice.

Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, Albert Camus, Graham Greene - they influenced my life to a profound extent.

As I've gotten older, I've become attracted to things that have substance.