My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.

I understand the directors much more. I was always rebelling against them when I was a youngster, I didn't want to be told what to do. I had no identification.

To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq, you're going to get a sense of what the hell's going on there. Boy, you'll wake up fast when bullets are flying over your head.

I've had very deep relationships that lasted for long periods of time with people - you could almost call them marriages, even though I didn't marry. But it was costly.

The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers.

There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

I went back to the stage because it was my way of dealing with the success I had, my way of coping. It was a way of escaping the responsibilty of what was happening.