"Shooting this one was kind of like a two month party, we would literally play music between takes, and other movies that were shooting on our lot would play hookey, come over and hang out and stuff. We had a great time."

"With fame there is a crosswire between intensity and intimacy. You have decoy intimacy, but you are also very much alone."

"My Dad was from Liverpool, and he picked it up in the army. He'd often come out with this stuff."

"And I thought, when I have kids, that's the sort of well told, silly, and fun fairy tale that I would want to take them to. But it was an amazing experience. And I think Shrek is a real classic, a fairy tale classic."

"New York has got this sort of wonderful romantic idea of the South."

"I've always liked the effect of having somebody in there who hadn't the faintest idea what was going on."

"I am uninterested in appearing in newspapers and on television. Many people think I am striking a pose - that I want to create a sense of shyness. But it's just not something I want to do. I overdosed."

"To love truly means recognizing that a single spark of imagination can ignite the world."