It was invaluable to have a dear friend who you have known for over a decade, be a partner in a film like Titanic. To have somebody that talented to work against, who's also your friend and who you know you have the best intentions for and vice versa, and who you intrinsically trust to give you their forthright honest opinion about what we're both doing - all that's something you can't really buy.

I insist on keeping a level head. I've maintained the same exact home life that I’ve had for 20 years. All I see is more people looking at me than before. But, you know, who cares? You just can't obsess yourself with this fame stuff.

As we progress into the twenty-first century, anyone who considers themselves a realist will have to make the environment a top priority.

Sometimes you've got to go to the wrong place just to show that you're not afraid to go there.

I think people read the tabloids because they want to see you eating a burger, or out of your makeup or doing something stupid because they just want to see that you're like everyone else. And that's okay. I don't want to catch myself anymore saying that my life is hard, because the good far outweighs the bad in my life. And it's easier to focus on those things, on the things that are important.

When I can't immediately define the character, and there's an element of mystery to it and still a lot to be explored, that's when I say yes.

School, I never truly got the knack of. I could never focus on things I didn't want to learn.