“I’m more critical of the films I make than anyone else.”

If you’re a serious actor, it’s when you know you’re going to die tomorrow that you really start to feel it.

I have to say that I’ve always believed perfectionism is more of a disease than a quality. I do try to go with the flow but I can’t let go.

Lord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks. Thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer.

Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a little sad. You’ve got to be careful.

In the modern media age, we are rarely surprised by what we see.

Excellence is not an act but a habit.

It’s not easy to take a sit-com and turn it into a feature.

I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the ’50s and ’60s.

I don’t think you should be too absolutist about what you play and what you don’t play.

But generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective.

I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It’s not as flip, irrelevant, and shallow a calling as I thought it was in the Eighties.

I’m not particularly intellectual or clever or minority-focused in my creative instincts.

Marketing is what gets you noticed.

The arts community still has a long lasting cynicism of the importance, or the artistic value, of comedy. Comedy is just farting about for money.

Your services might be as useful as a barbershop on the steps of a guillotine.

Excellence at everything you can do can be achieved on if it is a habit.

Greatness occurs when your children love you, when your critics respect you and when you have peace of mind.

The more conscious I am of the work God has yet to do in me, the less critical I am about what he has yet to do in you

I’m the guy who reputedly denies that people experience colors or pains, and thinks that thermostats think — just ask my critics.

Before you criticize others, remember, they may not have had the same opportunities in life as you have had

I no longer criticize anyone–not even myself. I only give out positive vibes.

In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see.

The world needs role models, instead of critics.

The nature of how we are as human beings is that we’re much more interested in being critical rather than praising something.