I learned one thing from De Niro: He taught me to listen. Nobody says anything strictly from the script. It's improvised. It was the best piece of advice I have ever gotten in my life. It has helped me through the past thirty years.

I like being independent; I like doing things myself. I'm an instinctual person.

I made mistakes. I let other people influence me and make decisions, sometimes without my knowledge.

Don't be so hard on yourself. Be a little harder on yourself. Learn from your experiences. Don't dwell on things. Get on with your life.

The truth is, ever since I was little, I've wanted to be an actor more than I ever wanted to be a movie star.

I learned one thing from De Niro: He taught me to listen. Nobody says anything strictly from the script. It's improvised. It was the best piece of advice I have ever gotten in my life. It has helped me through the past thirty years.

Sometimes you get caught up living something that's not true. The people around you, the people you're involved with, are not the right people.