I hate violence. When I hold a gun, I feel death in my hands, but it's fun to pretend in the movies.

I've always said I don't believe in God, I believe in Al Pacino.

People have been born in refugee camps and they are getting tired of that.

I think the most difficult love begins with one's self. How you treat yourself is something you bring to your relationships.

[That night] I was sitting by Jack Nicholson with my long list of thanks, and I said, `I'm so nervous. I don't know what to say if I go up there.' He said, `Don't get emotional, drop the names, and dedicate it to your mother.'

I've played people that are on the line of evil and good, but that's life. We are always playing with the good and the bad. I see them as people. I don't see them as caricatures. I try to not make them caricatures. Maybe I fail, but I try to see what' behind them. Would I play the hero? A superhero? I don't think so. But, I play good guys. There are some there, but you have to look.

When you're working with the best, it helps you to be good because then you are focusing on what you have to do.