I was called 'Dumbo,' like the elephant, as a child because I couldn't understand things at school.

The whole point of courage, to overcome your fear. That's the interesting thing, when courage bleeds through the fear.

When I was a younger actor, I was very immersed in it, very "method" and all that. Now, I don't give a hoot.

I know that the arts are important. I'm not denying that, but I can't associate myself with all the claptrap that goes on around it.

Oh, the truth, oh yeah, lot of trouble that got us into, didn't it, over the last maybe thousand years? Hitler knew the truth, so did Stalin, so did Mao Zedong, so did the Inquisition. They all knew the truth and that caused such horror. Certainty is the enemy.

Non-expectation and acceptance. Because expectation leads to resentment and depression, so I have no expectations.

When you're younger you have a lot of ideas and you're probably more insecure, all those things. I work with young actors now and I see their insecurities and I make fun of them. I don't make fun of them but I make them laugh, because I know what they're going through. When you get older you think 'It's only a movie after all, it's not brain surgery.'