“The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it.”

“I never wanted to be famous.”

“I'm not a very good impersonator, my friends maybe, but not famous people.”

“To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious?”

“I was in a karaoke video in 1991, for a song called 'Sukiyaki,' which is a very famous Japanese song, and I've actually heard from people that they've been in bars in Asia where they've seen me come up in the 'Sukiyaki' video that they play behind you. I'm in that. I'm in a karaoke video.”

“I studied Hitchcock a little bit at University and knew the famous story about the Birds - that he'd tortured Tippi for a day using real birds. I had no idea that it was a five-day onslaught and that it was the tip of an iceberg that carried on through to another film.”

“I was very famous as a young man and I celebrated both the good and bad times with drinking.”

“When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But I'm the same guy I've always been.”

“These days there are a lot of people who just want to be famous. I think that comes from a naive place, because those people generally don't know what it's like.”