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When You Had The Fangs In, You Wanted To Be A Little Bit Careful That You Didn't Actually Pierce The Jugular, Kind Of Like My Experience Shaving Alan Rickman, Which By The Way Neither Of Us Want To Do Again, Especially Alan.

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When You Had The Fangs In, You Wanted To Be A Little Bit Careful That You Didn't Actually Pierce The Jugular, Kind Of Like My Experience Shaving Alan Rickman, Which By The Way Neither Of Us Want To Do Again, Especially Alan.

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When I'm At Our House In France I Totally Cut Myself Off From The Rest Of The World. I Never Have To Listen To Phones Ringing And That's Because - And Vanessa Would Confirm This - Phones Are Banned From The House. We Have A Beautiful Life And I Feel That Spending Time In France Has Just Calmed Me Down And Made Me Stop Worrying About Things Which Aren't Really Important.

They Said, "you Get $2 Million To Make The Film, If You're Not In It. If You Are In It, You Get $5 Million To Make The Film." There Was No Way To Make The Thing For $2 Million, So I Made It For $5 Million. And Then, It Turned Out There Was No Way To Make The Thing For $5 Million. That's When It Got Weird.

And Then, 'why Is A Raven Like A Writing Desk?' Those Things Just Became So Important To The Character. You Realize That The More You Read It, If I Read The Book Again Today, I'd Find 100 Other Things That I Missed Last Time. It's A Constantly Changing Book.

One Of The Greatest Pieces Of Advice I've Ever Gotten In My Life Was From My Mom. When I Was A Little Kid There Was A Kid Who Was Bugging Me At School And She Said "okay, I'm Gonna Tell You What To Do. If The Kid's Bugging You And Puts His Hands On You; You Pick Up The Nearest Rock.

If It's Called A Selfie, Why Are There People In It?

This Dress Code Should Be Mandatory For Most Events.

Growing Old Is Unavoidable, But Never Growing Up Is Possible. I Believe You Can Retain Certain Things From Your Childhood If You Protect Them - Certain Traits, Certain Places Where You Don’t Let The World Go.

I Got To Take My Kids To The London Eye With No One Looking At Me Like I Was Johnny Depp. They Did Look At Me Like I Was Some Kind Of Sicko Walking Around With Beautiful Kids, But I Had A Perfect Disguise.

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People In Life, When They Have A Tendency To Exaggerate Or Lie Or Whatever, You Always Sort Of Notice That Their Voice Goes Up Quite High.

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There's The Whole Mad Hatter's Dilemma, It Was The Amount Of Mercury That They Used In The Glue To Make The Hats. Everything Was Damaging. So, In Terms Of The Mad Hatter, Looking At It From That Perspective Of This Guy Who Literally Is Damaged Goods, Physically Damaged, Emotionally A Little Obtuse, And Taking That And Deciding That He Should Be - As Opposed To Just This Hyper, Nutty Guy - He Should Explore All Sides Of The Personality At An Extreme Level.

We Would Just Go Out And Line Up A Bunch Of Cans And Shoot With Rifles, Handguns And At Times, Submachine Guns... When I Was A Kid It Was A Controlled Atmosphere, We Weren't Shooting At Humans... We Were Shooting At Cans And Bottles Mostly. I Will Most Certainly Take My Kids Out For Target Practice.

I Was Never A Cokehead Or Anything Like That. I Always Despised That Drug. I Thought It Was A Waste Of Time, Pointless.

I Remember In That Red Leisure Suit I Sort Of Felt Like A Pizza Hut Employee, And The White One Was The Ultimate, With The White Turtleneck Collar, That Was The Ultimate In Bad Taste.

I Condition Myself To Believe That Once The Scene Is Done, Once The Movie Is Done, My Job Is Done, And Whatever Happens After That Is None Of My Business.

I Don’t Think Of Myself As Being A Celebrity, It’s Too Mortifying. I Have A Hard Time Watching Myself On Screen And It’s Getting Worse. I Can’t Tell Whether My Work Is Good Or Not.

I Am An American. I Love My Country And Have Great Hopes For It. It Is For This Reason That I Speak Candidly And Sometimes Critically About It. I Have Benefited Greatly From The Freedom That Exists In My Country And For This I Am Eternally Grateful.

If Anybody Is Getting Their Ass Handed To Them, It's Not Al [pachino]. It's Coming [toward You]. I'm Psychotic.

Every Filmmaker's Different, Every Filmmaker Has A Different Approach.

Now, Bring Me That Horizon.

I Was Really Intrigued By Them, Became Fascinated By Them Because They Were Asking Questions That Couldn't Be Answered Almost, Or Were Making Statements That You Couldn't Quite Understand. Like, 'i'm Investigating Things That Begin With The Letter M.' That Took Me Through A Whole Stratosphere Of Possibilities, And Doing A Little Research And Discovered That The M Is Mercury.

Asking Questions

The Only Responsibility I Feel Is To Deliver Something That's New Or At Least To Attempt That. The Real Responsibility Is To Entertain And To Try And Make People Laugh.

I Always Had An Affinity For Lizards. I've Always Felt Somewhat Close To Them. They're Reptiles. I Find Myself Feeling Somewhat Reptilian At Times.

You Don't Have To Underestimate Your Audience Anymore. They'd Actually Like To Laugh A Little Bit. So, The Character Came To Me And Once It's Got Its Grips In You, There's Nowhere To Go.

They Say The World Used To Be Bigger. The World's Still The Same--there's Just Less In It.

Other Kids Pack Lunch

Luckily I Am Very, Very Privileged And Feel Very Lucky To Be Getting Work And My Kiddies Are Not Feeling The Brunt Of Any Kind Of Horror That's Going On Today. So I'm Super Lucky.

The Term 'serious Actor' Is Kind Of An Oxymoron, Isn't It? Like 'republican Party' Or 'airplane Food.'

My Kids, They're My Energy, My Soul, And My Nicest Friend.

As A Child, I Certainly Had A Fascination With Monsters And Vampires.

I've Always Been Frightened Of Karaoke, So I've Never Tried It. Karaoke Scares The Hell Out Of Me!

Me And Music. Music Was Always My First Love. It Was My First Love For Sure. And Still Is A Huge Part Of My Life.

When You Realize You're Essentially You're God, There Ain't Nothing On Earth More Powerful Than You, You Can Do Anything You Want.

Yeah, In Every Film That I've Been Lucky Enough To Do With Tim, There's Always Some Form Of Torture, And The Nails Were Tim's Idea. They Were The Length Of The Fingers And Stuff, But It Was Okay Because I Had A Troop Of People Who Would Help Me Go To The Bathroom. They Had To Have Treatment Afterwards But They're Okay Now. That Is True.

Having Been Familiar With "drunk" Once Or Twice Myself, That Lick Just Came To Me - And Yeah, It Sounded Very Drunk, So I Presented It To Alice [cooper]. It Felt Like He Wrote The Lyrics In About A Minute.

The Weirdest Thing In The World Is To See Some Guy Who Is Just Super Earnest.

I'd Never Even Sung In The Shower, I'm Too Mortified. But Once I Got Over The Initial Fear It Was Kind Of Enjoyable. Sondheim's Melodies And Lyrics Are A Real Pleasure To Tromp Around In, It's Really Beautiful Stuff.

It's Funny What [producer Richard Zanuck Said About Even Though You Can't Quite Place When The Book Or The Story Came Into Your Life, And I Do Vaguely Remember Roughly Five Years Old Reading Versions Of Alice In Wonderland, But The Thing Is The Characters. You Always Know The Characters. Everyone Knows The Characters And They're Very Well-defined Characters, Which I Always Thought Was Fascinating. Most People Who Haven't Read The Book Definitely Know The Characters And Reference Them.

Puberty Was Very Vague. I Literally Locked Myself In A Room And Played Guitar.

If You Had To Chose One Half Of Your Son, Which One Would It Be?" What Kind Of A Question Is That?!" No Need To Snap. It Was Just A Question.

I Don't Want To Run Around And Look At A Shot Through A Monitor. That Doesn't Improve What I'm Trying To Do. I Figure, Once I've Done My Job, It's None Of My Business.

It's Kind Of Interesting To Experience That Kind Of A Ride After Well, Essentially So Many Years Of Enjoying A Career Based On Failures And Then Suddenly Something Clicks. The Weird Thing Is, I Never Changed A Thing. The Process Is Still The Process As It Ever Was. The Fact That People Decided To Go And See A Movie That I Was In Was Probably The Most Shocking Thing That I've Ever Been Through.

I Hope Some Day To Make You All A Cup Of Coffee. Alright, Peace.

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