And this, incidentally, is my thumbnail sketch of American marriage: A woman sees a man; she likes him. Now she jumps on this thing and rides it to some kind of standstill. Then she changes it and trains it, and to the exact degree that she's able to do this, she disrespects him.

Charlize Theron and Cate Blanchett are very good actresses.

A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear.

I take responsibility for my successes as well as my failures. But when I look at my professional mistakes, I'm always left with the feeling that maybe I should have done more.

You're anachronistic when you know that your feelings aren't going to have any effect on anything.

Just let the wardrobe do the acting.

Million bucks won't see you through a major health crisis.