I have lost someone I loved as a brother, as a closest friend, and a remarkable human being. We have also lost one of the best damn actors we'll ever see.

It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.

I would rather play Hamlet with no rehearsal than TV golf.

Everything that is truly worthwhile - I think passion is involved in your approach to it. No matter what it is.

Acting doesn't have anything to do with listening to the words. We never really listen, in general conversation, to what the other person is saying. We listen to what they mean. And what they mean is often quite apart from the words. When you see a scene between two actors that goes really well you can be sure they're not listening to each other - they're feeling what the other person is trying to get at. Know what I mean?

Nobody deserves this much money - certainly not an actor.

If you really do want to be an actor who can satisfy himself and his audience, you need to be vulnerable.