The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom.

The offers I get are for grandfathers, uncles - and they often die very quickly in the script.

Filming is repetition and many takes

The more I had to act like a saint, the more I felt like being a sinner.

If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up.

In this country, you have movie actors and theatre actors and television actors

Only very rarely are foreigners or first-generation immigrants allowed to be nice people in American films. Those with an accent are bad guys