You gotta be careful: don't say a word to nobody about nothing anytime ever.

We're all damaged in our own way. Nobody's perfect. I think we're all somewhat screwy. Every single one of us.

I really approached the film as if it was a white big piece of paper and I was going to draw a picture on it. And whether that picture was good or bad, whatever people thought of it, what they could never take away was that it was my picture.

An actor needs to be not remotely anywhere close to in control, and a filmmaker has to be totally in control.

With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it's just not acting. It's lying.

I can't tell my self that I'm a serious actor. But I'm serious person.

My children's favorite, and it's funny because they've seen it but they have a difficult time watching it because it's their dad and they make that connection, but Edward Scissorhands is by far my kids' favorite. They just connect with the character, and they see their dad feeling that isolation, that loneliness. He's a tragic character, so I think it's hard for them. They bawl.