"For hundreds of years, that was the major form of entertainment: The grown-ups sat around and watched the kids play. Now they sit around and watch the television. The actors are the kids."

"One of the nice things about acting is that it allows you to open up to the other people within you."

"I'm always trying to perfect the romantic comedy, though."

"I mean, you always want everybody to pat you on the back and tell you you're wonderful every time you do something; I think that's human nature."

"I think of myself as more of a comic person. I don't know about a comic actor."

"There are certain things I learned when I first started learning about acting, to try and place the character physically and emotionally. And the way you place them emotionally is often with humor."

"I may be learning guitar, but I'll never be able to sing."

"When I started getting notoriety it was cheesy to appear in a commercial."

"I like my computer. But I don't know how to use it as well as the 10-year-old daughter."

"I think there are ways in which shows can pop their heads up a little bit in the morass of everything you can watch."

"I think I've lost a lot of my gay fans to Gavin Henson. It's a shame because I really love them."

"Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had."

"I would walk back from the United States to play for England again."

"I feel I can still do the same job as I did 10 years ago - I've just got a few more wrinkles!"

"I would like to have Brooklyn christened but I'm not sure which religion yet."

"To play with Zinedine Zidane was the biggest honour I have had in my career..."

"Some men over-tweeze their eyebrows, and it's just too perfect. Men are meant to have kind of a bushy brow. Too much aftershave is also off-putting; it's one of my pet hates."

"I dream a lot about football and a lot of them have come true for me."

"I'm surprised I still have so much hair after all the things I've done with it."

"Coaching is not something I'm passionate about. I'm passionate about coaching kids"

"Pelé was a complete player. I didn't see him live obviously, because I wasn't born."

"My life here is perfect and I'm happy at Real Madrid so, of course, I want to stay as "long "as I can."

"Well I'm the Prince and I'm sort of slaying a dragon - which is something I've never done before, obviously."

"The criticism hurts sometimes and I worry about the effect on my family."