But I've always felt that the less you know about an actor's personal life, the more you can get involved in the story in which he's playing a character. And I don't like to see movies where you know about everything that happens behind the scenes. I can't engage in the story if I know what's going on in the actor's head.

If Plato is a fine red wine, then Aristotle is a dry martini.

My perfect day is constantly changing. Right now, it would be to lie around in a hammock reading with a portable phone and a table of food next to it. I would spend all day there. And that's all that I can possibly come up with on the spur of the moment.

I try to read all news sources - not just CNN or FOX, but worldwide papers and journals, to get opinions from every end of the spectrum - and then I like to try to find out the cut and dried facts - and go from there.

Look, I'm an actor, I don't profess to understand much of anything

Let's not kid ourselves here, robots already run most of our world. We'll be their butlers soon enough.

I'm a gentleman, if nothing else. It's taken me years to become one, but finally I have a sense of propriety.