"I was horrified when Richard Chamberlain and Rupert Everett said gay actors should stay in the closet. They were saying to people that they should live a lie and not be liberated, to live in fear of being found out."

"I come more to Scotland than I ever used to, so I feel more connected to it, more part of the zeitgeist. You know when you realize you have a choice and I'm choosing my homeland. It's funny: when you get older these things creep up to you."

"My feeling about work is it's much more about the experience of doing it than the end product. Sometimes things that are really great and make lots of money are miserable to make, and vice versa."

"My mum always told me I was precious, while my dad always told me I was worthless. I think that's a good grounding for a balanced life."

"We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a full satisfaction of our views of distributive justice."

"Don't give me any money, don't give me any people, but give freedom, and I'll give you a movie that looks gigantic."

"I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now."

"The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members."