They (the people of Puerto Rico) are truly the sweetest people on earth.

After having been confined to a television series - and it's a luxury job - where you can't play anything but one particular character for nine months out of the year, it will make you insane. It didn't affect me. I got out quick enough.

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

I do believe that you have to bring some degree of truth from yourself to the role [Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ]in and I'll admit it here, I have shaved a grown man before. I have done it. And it wasn't Tim [Burton].

I don't do well with modern films, to be honest. Opening credits, and I'm just gone.

One day, the people that didn't believe in you will tell everyone how they met you.

America is dumb, it's like a dumb puppy that has big teeth that can bite and hurt you, aggressive.