First Quotes

Well, first he called me up to tell me to clear my crap back out of his shop – and he said, “

Premie’ re approximation: j’e cris pour de truire, en les de crivant avec pre cision, des monstres nocturnes qui menacent d’envahir ma vie e veille e. First general point: I write to destroy, by describing exactly the nocturnal monsters that threaten to invade my waking life.

The first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin.

I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.

The best thing a man can do on a first date is be a friend.

Where my dad taught me everything about writing, Graham Paterson, who gave me my first job at The Times, taught me everything about journalism, which is that it’s no big deal, and it’s more important to have a glass of wine.

My first audition was an open call and I had no picture and no resume

The first thing I remember is that my dad had a big iron Olivetti typewriter and he worked all night.

This is not the first time in my life where you know going into a job that you’re going to hear in stereo what was wrong with what you did.

My first acting job happened by accident when I was really young.