In Los Angeles, everyone is a star.

We'll all retire from life at some point. The great thing about acting is you don't necessarily have to retire.

Don't aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.

Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.

In fact, someone was telling me that Gladiator was the one film where Ridley Scott didn't take a producer's credit. And it won. But this guy changed the industry twice; with Aliens which was a whole new way of looking at things and Blade Runner that was also a whole new way of looking at things.

The secret to a happy marriage? Do whatever your wife tells you. 'Yes, dear.' And breathe.

I always think it's not what we know that's terrifying; it's what we don't know. That's sort of pervasive with everything in life.