We still live with this unbelievable threat over our heads of nuclear war. I mean, are we stupid? Do we think that the nuclear threat has gone, that the nuclear destruction of the planet is not imminent? It's a delusion to think it's gone away.

If you want to make a great sports movie, don't put too much sports in it. It's the backdrop. It's the environment.

There are a lot of things that come to bear on movies now that I don't think are good for movies. They're trying to appeal to the biggest demographic and, when they do that, you sometimes flatten out.

I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've been ridiculed and humiliated.

It's never bothered me to work hard. I've probably worked on some of the longest schedules in movie history.

I try to please myself. I don't try to anticipate what people want to see.

When I played Robin Hood, I knew the great role was Alan Rickman's and it didn't bother me. I always think that leading actors should be called the best supporting actors.