I'd love to live in Ireland but I'd like to live as me not what someone thinks I am. People don't understand - I lived there before I was famous.

I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary.

I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man to examine political power because democracy shapes our lives.

People are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you're famous.

The records of adopted children are sealed in California. That seal is considered inviolable... The judge ruled that because I was famous he didn't have the same rights as other kids.

My wife Elizabeth and I started The Really Terrible Orchestra for people like us who are pretty hopeless musicians who would like to play in an orchestra. It has been a great success. We give performances we've become the most famous bad orchestra in the world.

I walk the streets take the train it's real simple. Some actors create their own mythology: 'Oh I'm so famous I can't go places because I created this mythology that I'm so famous I can't go places.'

Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.

I know really really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.

I'm not famous for my back story investigations I'm lucky that I work with good writers and it's usually in the script.