“Charles Laughton, who's a great hero of mine, only ever made one film ...” — Brian Cox Quote

Charles Laughton, who's a great hero of mine, only ever made one film and it happens to be one of the great films ever, which is 'The Night of the Hunter.' It's full of his kind of imagination and creation and how you do things and just in the way he used the studio, I just thought it was a fantastical way of using the studio.

The fact is that Hollywood, from as early as the sixties to the present time, has ghettoized cinema into the big industry, a marketing industry. In doing this, the audiences have lost touch with the aspects of film which were to be informative and educational and even spiritual.

I think I must be the only British actor who's played both Stalin and Trotsky. I need to play Lenin so I can make it a triptych.

I'm 100% Celt. In fact, I'm directly related to the progenitor of the high kings of Ireland, Niall of the Nine Hostages.

I love Charles Baudelaire. Him and Shakespeare are the only people I think are better than me.

I'm proud of my mentors. Ray Charles is the strongest influence on me as a singer.

I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles.

When you look at Prince Charles, don't you think that someone in the Royal family knew someone in the Royal family?

Charles Koch and David Koch, co-owners of Koch Industries, are U.S. citizens, taxpayers, entrepreneurs and employers.