Celebrity is death - celebrity - that's the worst thing that can happen to an actor.

I never got into this business thinking I'd be like a movie star.

Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That's basically what we do.

I'm fascinated by the First World War because it was supposed to be the war to end all wars, and it was the biggest conflagration that this particular planet had seen. There was a lot of talk about utopia and how it was possible, and then, because of these events that for one reason or another couldn't be stopped, the idea of utopia went out the window.

Ismail Merchant was just the most seductive, passionate, outrageous, driven, genius of a man.

I have the belief that truly evil people, it's a genetic evil. I only have the experience of exploring the landscape of some of the characters I've played that people have labeled as evil; I don't think they're evil.

When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood.