"So I try not to do press and if you can keep the balance of keeping a certain degree of anonymity and do interesting work then you can hope for a degree of career longevity."

"There are definitely worse people to be compared with. I think Brad Pitt makes interesting decisions."

"In the early part of your career you are always compared with somebody until you can stand on your own two feet."

"I get invited to literally every single movie premiere that's going on."

"If I went to them all dressed up and flashed a nice smile for the cameras it would probably be easier for me to get work. But I just can't tolerate it."

"They say that theater is the actor's medium, television is the writer's medium and film is the director's medium, and it's really true."

"Being at the mercy of the acting profession, in the early days of one's career, is really brutal and feels like you have no control over your life, at all."

"I was a slightly melancholy child and I think films were a way of escaping for me."

"I realise few people get to live the life they always wanted, but I'm so neurotic, I don't really think about it. I'm too busy thinking, 'I hope I don't screw up my next scene.'"

"I always think it's better to take a smaller role in a great film rather than a leading role in something that you don't have complete faith in."

"After all the work I've done, I feel like I'm something of an emotion-smith. We have to tap into places on a daily basis that usually people only go in a rare occasion."

"I ride the same bike that I rode on 'Sons,' a Harley Dyna Super Glide. You know, I wish I wasn't the guy who rode the same bike he rode on his show, but the problem is there's no better bike out there."

"I do try not to dwell on the past too much, because I have a tendency to do that, and as I've gotten older, I've gotten very good at distancing myself from shoulda, woulda, coulda."

"I don't think I even have a clear perspective of how I'm depicted in the media."

"You step in with the Seth Rogens of the world, you better have some jokes."

"I think, most of the time, fame is just an inconvenience that needs to be negotiated around to get done what you're actually trying to do."

"Since I was young, I've been aware that I need time to myself to process everything."

"Good-quality travel and good-quality food are the two luxuries that I never have any guilt indulging in."

"I'm pretty mercurial and a very difficult, long-winded decision-maker at the best of times."

"I really, really pride myself on being a professional and a man of keeping my word. It means a lot to me, truly."

"There's a tendency in this Hollywood machinery to take on too much. You end up not being able to give everything you want."

"My favorite days are at home. Spend some time in the garden, cook a couple of nice meals, watch a couple of movies. I'm pretty boring."

"English people are always surprised I'm English."

"I always think that the ability to fight and defend oneself is a skill that every man should have but endeavour never to use, you know?"