You know, it's funny. Everyone thinks being an actor is like being a rock star, with women barging down your trouser door. But it could not be more different. I ride to work every day on my motorbike and there's never anyone at the studio gate. Every morning I arrive and think, 'Where the f**k are they?'

An airport customs inspector once recognised me from Trainspotting and strip searched me looking for drugs.

Actually, I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now, that would be interesting.
-- (on his Star Wars casting, Entertainment Weekly)

I'm just looking for that moment to drop my Jedi knickers and pull out my real light saber.

Isn't Halle Berry the most beautiful woman? I have a film I'd like to be in her with. I mean, I'd like to be with her in.
-- (As spoken to an interviewer at the 2002 Golden Globe Awards)