If young actors ask me things, I always tell them to get on set and watch how it's done. If you can, watch the people that you like, how they work.

Fame does lead to money, which I don't have a close relationship with. I'm the kind of guy who never sees the money - it all goes somewhere else. I don't understand it, I don't like to deal with it. I have a fear of not having it, because I grew up without it.

I think [kids] enjoy reading, but it's a different world now. There are a lot of competitors for the imaginative attention.

It's always like you write a poem when you can't really say what you're trying to say.

It's rare in movies or even in life where somebody owns up to their needs. I guess in a relationship it's the only way it has a chance to survive it.

Actually, I have an interest in finishing my Ph.D., but I just know I never will.

If you're smart, you'll always be humble. You can learn all you want, but there'll always be somebody who's never read a book who'll know twice what you know.