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.

The fuel for the sports fan is the ability to have private theories.

I assume most of the characters I play are exactly like me.

There are short parts that I as an actor am very right for. Or I just like the part. Or you need someone like me for the movie. By that I don't mean at the box office, I mean in the execution of the material.

Comedy is much harder, it's a lot more exacting. You can't just be real and you can't just use the same kind of techniques you use to fill up a regular scene.

I suppose I can do more for a script as an actor than as a writer - in the film sense.

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.