A lot of my reading over the next few months will be the works of Hans Christian Andersen – I have been appointed an ambassador for the bicentenary celebrations of his birth next year.
I loved my mother and father.
I enjoy being a highly overpaid actor.
I don’t think I’ve ever made any good financial decisions.
I don’t like bungee jumping, but I do like skiing.
I didn’t learn the alphabet until I was 11.
I believe it is better to be prepared for illness than to wait for a cure.
It’s easy to sit in relative luxury and peace and pontificate on the subject of the Third World debts.
I used to work for a living. Then I became an actor.
My acting range? Left eyebrow raised, right eyebrow raised.
I would love to be remembered as one of the greatest Lears or Hamlets.
I do not have time to sit down and regret anything although sometimes I wish I had been able to see more of my parents while they were alive and have done more for them.
We all have our dreams.
The saddest sight these days is the image of hundreds of thousands of children kidnapped and lured into being child soldiers from the age of eight.
Rowing is a simple sport stuffed up by experts.
Movies such as this remind us that Owen Wilson is nothing less than a national treasure.
The wonderful thing about age is that your knees don’t work as well, you can’t run down steps quite as easily and obviously you can’t lift heavy weights. But your mind doesn’t feel any different.
Go out there and thrill me.
The fact of the matter is that most actors are shy people.
Whenever I’m asked who my favourite co-star is, I always hesitate in giving an answer.
It’s no good being the best actor in the world if nobody sees you because you didn’t happen to be there at the right day when a part was being cast.