I've never cared for guns. In fact, when I did 'Scent of a Woman' I had to learn how to assemble one.

I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience.

The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. You're in a conversation and everybody's agreeing with what you're saying - even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don't want to hear.

I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.

Either I act or I die.

I wanted to be a baseball player, naturally, but I wasn't good enough. I didn't know what I was going to do with my life. I just had a kind of energy, I was a fairly happy kid.

If you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.