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 don't want to talk in terms of miracles. I think this is a very serious situation. But I do want to talk in terms of Bush becoming a man of the hour, and I think this is way to do it.

If these men decided that they have to go in there and fight, I want them to send their own children and grandchildren. I want them to not send a bunch of strangers' kids in there to fight and die.

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.

Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance.

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

I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive.