I've always been distracted when somebody is coming after me and saying, "You're the only person who can play this part."

One person doesn't have to shoulder all the responsibility for why a film does or doesn't do well.

If you're going to tear down a hero, you should never forget that you're tearing down someone else's hero. You're tearing down somebody else's son. You might have to face her one day.

President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had been in war and so had Ken O'Donnell. He was ready to protect this nation, but he was not ready for a military solution just because it was being rammed down his throat.

I deal with pressure. I have a tendency to probably be at my best under pressure.

You're just as good, and if you work harder, you can be better and you can be more than you think you can.

Sometimes it takes a partner to say, "What is it you want?" because I think we operate in life and sometimes we don't know. We're all in some kind of maze going after the cheese at the end, and we get it and we go, "What is it that we want?"