In real life, I'm afraid of heights - and people who get moral convictions... Adolf Hitler in London.

For Cider House Rules, I was doing a New England accent.

Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.

I don't have any regrets because I'm very optimistic, and live each day as though it's the last.

You're your first best audience, long before anybody else hears you. So don't be an easy audience. Keep asking for more.

You must always steal, but only from the best people. Steal any trick that looks worthwhile. If you see Vivien Leigh or Robert DeNiro or Meryl Streep do something stunningly effective, and you can analyze how he or she did it, then pinch it. Because you can be sure that they stole it in the first place.

Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It's a company town, and I happen to like the company!