I had no expectation of the level of adulation that would come my way. I just wanted to make a living with a regular role in a television series.

[After playing Indiana Jones and Han Solo] hero image concerns me a little, though not for my sake. All it means to me is that I have a responsibility not to get caught doing anything terrible and thereby jeopardise my credentials. Not that I do terrible things, like running over dogs or anything like that. It just makes you think twice before you say or do things in public.

My work has always been important to me. The reason I continue to do it is because it's so much fun for me. I love my work and so that's what keeps me in the game.

There's no independent satisfaction without the success of the film itself. The feel that you have done the best you can to support the film.

For some directors, I'm the actor from hell.

I've always been somewhere down from the top, so I've never had to suffer being knocked off the top.

Our health relies entirely on the vitality of our fellow species on Earth.