Somebody said to me that I speak English almost like somebody for whom English is not their first language.

Bear suits are funny - and bears as well.

No, improvising is wonderful. But, the thing is that you cannot improvise unless you know exactly what you're doing.

I've never done that [fighting for arole]. You hear about actors going in and saying, "You've got to let me read for this!" I've never done that. Lots of parts I've wanted and didn't get, but I think any actor would say that.

You know, there's nothing you can do about your public image. It is what it is. I just try to do things honestly. I guess honesty is what you would call subjective: if you feel good about what you're doing, yourself, if you figure you're doing the right thing.

Death is wonderful because you can't think about it. How are you gonna think about it?

There are movies that I've made where I thought I was going to be good, but when it was cut it together it wasn't. And there are a lot of movies that, for one reason or another, just don't become popular. So to me it's always been a little bit of a roll of the dice. That's the way it goes.