My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.

Many actors will try something different once, but if it isn't a box office success they'll never do it again. In my opinion, there's no point in going on with this job if you do the same thing over and over again.

I wanted to be the best actor possible. I worked very hard at the craft of it.

I am in an age group where it is rude to discuss money, and now it is all anyone cares about.

I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.

People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.

Children give your life a resonance that it can't have without them.