I'm the audience's representative on earth.

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

The difference between a movie star and a movie actor is this - a movie star will say, 'How can I change the script to suit me?' and a movie actor will say. 'How can I change me to suit the script?'

When it comes to politics, I believe you have to cut the cake so that everybody gets a piece, but at the same time, you have to keep in mind that somebody has to make the cake.

Theater acting is an operation with a scalpel, movie acting is an operation with a laser

I just work in order to improve myself as an actor which is what I've always done.

The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.