I think I've done 200 plays and 125 movies, so I've been very lucky to have made a living at acting.

In order for your dreams to come true, you've got to stay awake.

You're out there on a high wire without a net, and that's the way actors operate. They have to be fearless about how they work and they have to create a life for the audience in 90 minutes and make them believe.

There's no nobility with war. It's tear-'em-up destruction that leaves you frustrated, bitter and angry... If you really knew what it was like for an hour, you wouldn't want anyone to go through it.

I lack confidence as an actor.

I think I've done 200 plays and 125 movies, so I've been very lucky to have made a living at acting.

I can't count how many of my friends are in the cemetery at Normandy, the heroes are still there, the real heroes.