I don't think I really have a talent for movie acting. I'm not bad at it, but I don't think I really have a talent for it.

How can we turn our back on an endeavor which increases our children's cultural intelligence, heightens individual sensitivity and deepens our collective sense of humanity? I suggest to you that we cannot.

If I add a negative element to the piece, you are not a villain necessarily but you bring a stronger, more negative aspect to the film, and if you don't do that, the film goes off balance where you can't worry about likability, you have to come in and play the part the best way that you can.

Everybody I've ever worked with - 99.9 percent of the time, I've had a successful or very agreeable experience with.

Only one thing counts in this life - get them to sign on the line that is dotted.

I wanted to work with Cate Blanchett. She is one of the five greatest movie actresses of her generation.

For better or ill, I was very heavily influenced by men I knew who always dressed formally.