Julian Sands

“My father's a clergyman, and he was in the mission field for a short time in India.”

“I am a romantic. I'm a sentimentalist. I'm a classicist.”

“The great thing about being an actor is that you can do all these things that you'd be arrested for if you did in real life.”

“I discovered that I am tired of being a person. Not just tired of being an actor. I am tired of being a person.”

“It's an arbitrary thing, but I'm constantly being told how tall I am. It's a strangely subversive thing.”

“For me, it's a great opportunity to travel to different countries and find a story. I really look for that.”

“I'm drawn to things that are a little bit out of the ordinary.”

“I was never a leading man. I've always been in the character-actor box. I'm a character actor.”

“I know I don't have a perfect, beautiful body.”

“I have no television - I hate it.”

“Climbing is a wonderful metaphor for life. You're constantly setting goals for yourself, and you're either achieving them or you're not.”

“I'm not a method actor. I'm a nuts and bolts, get on with it, and don't make a fuss actor.”

“I have been ambitious to be a good actor. And I am a good actor. I'm not a brilliant actor.”

“A lot of people say I'm geeky. But I'm a weirdo, that's what I am.”

“I am a huge fan of the tragicomic joy of 'Monty Python'.”

“I love being in cities with lots of good bookstores.”

“I was the second of five boys. We were all pretty wild.”

“I've had some great times with comedies, but I'm not a comedian. I'm a sentimentalist.”

“I find it very easy to be alone. I'm a bit of a solitary person.”