My parents came from different backgrounds. My father's was grander than my mother's, so my mother had... to put up with the disapproval of my father's relations.

Success means your thoughts are worthy of everyones consideration.

A lot of actors find it impossible not to ask for the audience's sympathy. They have a need to twinkle.

I have derived enormous confidence from being a husband and father.

If you're in the movie or in television, your failures are very public, and so are your successes. You weigh them up against each other, really.

The movies are funny, in one way, because you think of everyone being as beautiful as the dawn, but that isn't true.

I think I have a very detailed sense of observation. I am interested in the details of people's lives and what information these details give.