You get old, you slow down.

If I could be somebody, it'd definitely be Brad Pitt. I love the way he looks.

One of the differences between now and then is that the idea of body image is a much bigger issue now. Back then, just being kind of heavy and barrel-chested passed for heroic. Now, you wouldn't dare to play a hero without a lot of dieting and various specialised abdomen machines. But that was one of the things which was interesting about it and I did want to portray because there's good and bad.

The trap for an actor is that you become too successful at what you're trying to do, and you can find yourself stuck there.

The first thing that I really understood politically and was old enough to get was the failed assassination attempt on Reagan.

I try to cast really good actors and give them a chance to do their very best work, give them as much time and space as they need.

Directing is monumentally complicated and it's a function of all the time you pay to it. I think it would be great to do a movie I'm not in, I could just eat Fritos and just say, 'yeah, it's good!' Some day.