I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.

I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.

Failure's relative. I've always felt, even early on, if I lose the freedom to fail, something's not right about that. It's how you treat failure, too. There's something to learn from it. I've had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures: What kind of failure was it? A failure because it's misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?

If you have the opportunity to meet someone as an actor, it's just great fodder for you. It's wonderful source stuff that we die for.

If you get all tangled up, just tango on.

On any given Sunday you're gonna win or you're gonna lose. The point is -- can you win or lose like a man?

It's easy to fool the eye but it's hard to fool the heart.