The personal thing is something I have never talked about. And I never will. That is prohibited. My job is public. But that's it. When you're not working, you don't have an obligation to be public.

This great imperialistic world called the United States has made us believe that an Oscar is the most important thing in the world for an actor. But if you think about it for five minutes you realise it can't be.

The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing. It costs me a lot, because I'm a shy person, even if I don't look it.

Voting is an individual, personal thing.

How can you analyse what is funny? What's funny to one isn't funny to another... What's funny to you is a personal thing.

An album is such a personal thing. It's something I always wanted to do. It's me doing me, singing as me.