Well,' I shrug, all innocent, 'we all ride our little hobbyhorses, don't we, Mr. Peel?
I like to come to the set with very strong ideas and strong opinions about how to do things. And I like also dealing with somebody who's like that.
I try to live my life in such a way that I don't have any regrets. That's probably why I work so much. I don't want to feel I missed something important.
For me, acting is torturous, and it's torturous because you know it's a beautiful thing. I was young once, and I said, that's beautiful and I want that. Wanting it is easy, but trying to be great - well, that's absolutely torturous.
To act well isn't an easy thing.
Vanity is something that will only get in the way of doing your best work, and ultimately if you're truly vain you care more about your work than how you look in your work. I actually consider myself a pretty vain guy when it comes to that.
My mother's a staunch feminist, so I grew up with very strong feminist messages. As a result, I battled her in my teenage years because my image of being a man was a deformed one.
Confidence is directness and courage in meeting the facts of life.
Be truly present in the moment that you are in and don’t let life slip by unnoticed.
It's no good talking to a man with an apology for a brain.
Let be the future: mind the present need and leave the rest to whom the rest concerns. . . present tasks claim our care: the ordering of the future rests where it should rest.