Ten flashing lights are a nuisance but 500 are fantastic.

I'm not into weapons. I'm not into cars. I'm not into explosions. I'm scared of all of that.

There is quite an important director in Germany who I think in the early fifties over here, and then went back, and he said something that's absolutely true. And it's more important to repeat that today than it ever was. Not for you, but for us over there it is important. He said, 'In America they make movies like art, and sell it like commodities. We make make movies like commodities and sell them like art.'

I'm very bad with improvisation. I hate it.

Becoming an actor is like becoming a father. It's not hard to become one. Making a life of it is the challenge.

By looking into more details of American history, we can make more sense of what's happening today.

My agent is the quickest, sharpest man on earth.