You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other, the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies.

One of the things I'm most proud of about my career is the fact I've managed to keep options open.

I do a lot better if I sit around and think about a character for a couple of months.

Sometimes you find your destiny on the road you took to avoid it.

Kids before they're 7 or 8 are like little manic obsessives. They become completely hooked on things and they're slightly crazy.

Action scenes are not that different from other scenes.

America's been very, very good to me. I've been very lucky and worked a lot there, and appreciate and love the work that I've done.