"I met my grandfather just before he died, and it was the first time that I had seen Dad with a relative of his. It was interesting to see my own father as a son and the body language and alteration in attitude that comes with that, and it sort of changed our relationship for the better."

"I like the idea of movies having a magic element. How many times have you seen an actor in a movie who you know only as the character? It's wonderful, isn't it?"

"Look, I've got incredible pride for my family. I've absolutely fallen into that cliche of a dad who could just happily talk about my daughter endlessly."

"I find what I do for a living really funny. I mean, acting is kind of a hilarious thing for a grown man to call a job."

"Reason is the torch that illuminates the dark corridors of superstition. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"brain, n. An apparatus with which we think that we think."

"Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have."

"In the depths of adversity, the mind is a garden where thoughts are the seeds."