Nuclear apocalypse-who do you need? Actors are probably not top of the list. What can I do for you? I can pretend to be somebody who can grow you some nice crops.

The only thing that I'm obsessed with is sleeping, and actually, it is more than an obsession, it is a pleasure.

You have to treat yourself like a mushroom to some degree, in order to keep on discovering things.

I've had some painful experiences in my life, but I feel like I'm trivializing them by using them for a scene in a movie. I don't want to do that. It just makes me feel kind of dirty for having done that.

But I learned that there's a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit happy with embarrassment, there's not much else that can really get to ya.

It's the actors who are prepared to make fools of themselves who are usually the ones who come to mean something to the audience.

All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of crosswords that I didn't finish and maybe some old bicycle that I found lying around on set.

I feel like I'm pretty good but I don't like to toot my own horn, you know. I want to let the work speak for itself and kind of move on to the next thing.

Were all conning ourselves, one way or another, just to get through life.

I never, in any city I've ever been in, never remember the names of streets. The longest place I ever lived in was for five years and I didn't know the name of the next street over.

I think it's important when you're acting to be as relaxed as possible even if you're doing something intense. You're basically in a state of dynamic relaxation.

There's nothing like boxing for getting you in shape.

You'll hunt me. You'll condemn me. Set the dogs on me. Because that's what needs to happen. Because sometimes truth isn't good enough. Sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded.

I don't personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene.

Well, it's embarrassing to be a star.

It's about pursuing it rather than waiting to see what comes along.

I like being responsible for myself

If you're doing your job properly, you take the risk of feeling slightly foolish and delve in and bring out the emotions.

It's got to do with putting yourself in other people's shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly understand them. I like the empathy that comes from acting.

The art of survival is a story that never ends.

Being misunderstood is not a bad thing as an actor. I know the truth.

I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.

I tend to think you're fearless when you recognize why you should be scared of things, but do them anyway.

The biggest rebellion I could've ever had with my father would be to work in a bank. He would have disowned me. As long as I was doing something where I didn't have to wear a tie, I was good.

In honesty, there are probably a lot of stories that can be told with Batman. I like the idea of him growing older and he can't quite do it as much anymore.

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.

A lot of actors say that theater's the thing for them. And that's great, and I'm not one to speak with any authority about it because of not having done it properly. For me, movies are what I love.

Working out is incredibly boring. I swear it's true that the bigger your muscles get, the fewer brain cells you have.

I'll find myself having dinner with people and someone will mention something and I will say I was in that situation once. Then I'll say, forget it, it was a scene I was in. That can get to be quite confusing.

I'm an actor I'm not a politician. I always kick myself when I talk too much about family, or personal things.

I do like taking stuff seriously that a lot of people look at as nonsense. I enjoy the insanity of that. And I like the commitment that is needed for that.

How serious can a movie about time-traveling robots be? You want it to be cool and fun.

Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise.

Well, it's embarrassing to be a star.

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 don't get it when you get so much openness about the way movies are made, and the special effects and the behind-the-scenes stuff and all of that. I can't help but feel like this reduces it a little bit.

I started my career without fans.

It's got to do with putting yourself in other people's shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly understand them. I like the empathy that comes from acting.

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?

Nuclear apocalypse - who do you need? Actors are probably not top of the list. What can I do for you? I can pretend to be somebody who can grow you some nice crops.

The only thing I would unequivocally say is that I have never had any interest in romantic comedy I just couldn't do it. I think I'd be terrible.

Certainly I have no attraction to misery. I don't intentionally go for dark.

My dad was the biggest influence on my life because he was never boring.

I don't have acknowledged preferences of characters.

All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of crosswords that I didn't finish and maybe some old bicycle that I found lying around on set.

I start from scratch with each movie; I wipe the slate and I certainly don't rely on some bag of acting tricks I've amassed over the years.

Planning a career, I always find that such a tricky thing, because I don't have much of a plan, really.

I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for.

And I not only inherited an aversion to the nine-to-five routine, but the sense from my parents that being bored and boring is the worst thing that you can be.

One of the places where we lived when I was growing up had this big wood out the back. And starting when I was about 8, I used to enjoy just walking alone through the wood late. Eleven p.m. Midnight. Later.