I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality.

When anybody gives you an award, it could be wrong. You’ve just got to bear that it mind and go ahead and enjoy it. Like Morgan says, it’s a pat on the back, so great you’ll take it and then move on.

Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. That, for me, would be a reason for capital punishment because children are innocent and need the guidance of an adult society.

I don't really get into a big intellectual analysis of why I am going to do a certain script or not.

As you get older, you're not afraid of doubt. Doubt isn't running the show. You take out all the self-agonizing.

You are always hoping that movie audiences are interested in characters and interested in story values rather than just mindless special effects. But you never know.

I'd like to be a bigger and more knowledgeable person ten years from now than I am today. I think that for all of us as we grow older, we must discipline ourselves to continue expanding, broadening, learning, keeping our minds active and open.