I'd give my goddamned soul for just a glass of beer.

The first role I ever played I had the lead and it's pretty much stayed that way, though people take great relish in calling me a character actor, which I am. There are a lot of short parts I could play, but I only do them when they are like this ("A Few Good Men"), central to the idea of the movie.

Even in the most sophisticated person, it is the primitive eye that watches the film.

In other words, I wouldn't like to be an actor if I could only be real. I like to get wild, behaviorally wild, and it's crazy to think of any form where it's just one way.

You have to do every movie one at a time. Trilogy is contrary to this ideology. My nightmare is to wake up and find myself the host of a TV series.

Charlize Theron and Cate Blanchett are very good actresses.

When we make mistakes they call it evil. When God makes mistakes they call it Nature!