Daft Quotes

It seems daft that I`m famous and I`ve not really got to grips with that.

Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so - I felt that it would be daft to go to one`s grave without having directed. It`s a natural extension of writing and acting, and so I knew it would happen one day.

I don`t take any notice of her. She`s John`s wife so I have to respect her for that, but I don`t think she`s the brightest of buttons. She`s said some particularly daft things in her time. Her life is dedicated to putting me down but I attempt very strongly not to put her down. (About Yoko Ono)

There is a legend. And to protest is daft.

I don`t want to be daft and say I had some spiritual awakening or something, but I really did come of age in Los Angeles, where we recorded the album. I had my own little house and my own little circle and I really got to feel how the city ticks.

On his role in The Darwin Awards (2006): I play a silly drunk rich person who tries to have sex with his wife in his Winnebago and crashes. It`s all based on a true story, except that in reality they weren`t English. I have a theory that in the US if there`s an arsehole in a film doing something stupid they say, `Make them British, now it makes sense.` If they want a daft idiot nowadays, they just get a British actor in.

I`d heard through the grapevine that the BBC were doing Robin Hood and I was sitting in the pub with a few mates in the business talking about who we thought was going to get cast and coming up with all these established names. I remember thinking, `F---ing hell. Imagine if I got an audition for Robin Hood.` Lo and behold, I get this call not long before I was due to go to India for work and my agent said I`d got a meeting for Robin Hood. I said, `Oh, great. For what part?` She said, `Robin Hood.` I just laughed down the phone. `Don`t be daft,` I said. `There`s no way in hell.` I mean, I`m quite a slight guy and they`re going to be looking for some six-foot-three guy, chisel-featured, blond, golden wavy hair down to his shoulders. You know, a massive meaty fellah.