Objection is when I say: this doesn't suit me. Resistance is when I make sure that what doesn't suit me never happens again.

Objection is when I say: this doesn't suit me. Resistance is when I make sure that what doesn't suit me never happens again.

Protest is when I say I don't like this. Resistance is when I put an end to what I don't like. Protest is when I say I refuse to go along with this anymore. Resistance is when I make sure everybody else stops going along too.

Having done 'Misfits' for three years solid, you become known for doing one thing, so I've wanted to change things up as much as possible with each job.

I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work.

The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence.

I collect watches because I'm always late, and I need to know exactly how late I'm going to be - in order to come up with a good excuse.

I've never outgrown my childhood.

My dad was a surgeon in Egypt. He was a general surgeon. As a little boy I always admired what he was doing, and I wanted to do surgery.

Revival is not just an emotional touch; it's a complete takeover!

I knew by heart all the dialogue of James Dean's films; I could watch Rebel Without a Cause a hundred times over.

Publishers are very risk-averse, so they lean towards licenses and sequels. But the fact is that even those are not guaranteed hits. So, if 'playing it safe' does not guarantee hits, they might as well leave it up to the really creative, risk-taking people, because they couldn't do any worse.

Miley Cyrus is about making money. Amanda Palmer is about making art.

As I get older, it's getting more frustrating because I'm starting to think about what I'm going to do after cycling, and I may be pushed to study alongside riding in order to prepare for retirement - all those things the professional blokes don't really have to think about.

I am what survives of me.

I have a family. I'm married. I'm very, very happy.

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

I realize that I cannot live without a spiritual dimension in my life.

Here's the problem: I don't like who I've become when my iPhone is within reach. I find myself checking e-mails and responding to texts throughout the day with some kind of Pavlovian ferocity - it's not a conscious act, but a reflexive one.

I'm not someone who comes onstage and says, 'I'm rewriting this now.' I don't think it's fair to the writers or the director, or the other actors.

I got to learn to surf.

Happiness is not the victory, success or accomplishment; it is what happens at the end of the day?

I will not play tug o' war. I'd rather play hug o' war. Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, Where everyone giggles and rolls on the rug, Where everyone kisses, and everyone grins, and everyone cuddles, and everyone wins.

Arizona's forest fires are not waiting for April, and neither will we. That is why I am pushing for stepped up deployment for Hot Shot wildfire crews in March rather than April, in order to better prepare for the expected fires in northern Arizona.

Work is fun to me. All those years of being an actor and a director and not being able to get a job - two weeks is too long to not know what my next job will be.

The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.

I loved performing; I was always trying to impress my siblings by being a clown. I think that came from being the runt of the litter.