The Passion of the Christ opened up on Ash Wednesday, had a Good Friday.

When you realize you want to invest the rest of your lifestyle with somebody, you want the rest of your life to commence as quickly as achievable.

Well, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America's biggest export is now the Oscar.

As a director and an actor, I encourage improvisation but in character and in the moment of what it is.

Did you ever reach a point in your life, where you say to yourself, 'This is the best I'm ever going to look, the best I'm ever going to feel, the best I'm ever going to do,' and it ain't that great?

[I did impressions] of relatives because I heard so many different sounds. My dad was in the music business and of course my uncle was a giant [music producer], but my dad in particular had the house filled with these Dixieland jazz stars.

You give up your dream, you give up.