There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.

I was a hoodlum. I was a gang member, and art saved my life.

I'd like President Bush to get a gun in his hands. I'll go with him. I can't think of anything better than to die in places just beginning their lives.

As much preparation as I had made for the old man Salieri, gestures and so on, the fact is after sitting for hours, your movements are kind of slow.

All the stuff that you visualized that was going to work so beautifully, you discover is trashed, so you jump to something else.

I have two brothers buried in the military cemetery in Texas. I don't want to see any more of that.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, I don't know if you'd call him a great actor, but he's amazing in terms of his presence, and he is interesting enough that you want to watch him.