At age 11, I went to a Jewish school. I speak Yiddish. I'm Church of England Protestant. My father was Catholic, and my mother was Protestant. My wife is a Muslim.

Movie acting is about covering the machinery. Stage acting is about exposing the machinery. In cinema, you should think the actor is playing himself, if he's that good. It looks very easy. It should. But it's not, I assure you.

If I see any injustice done, I have a big enough mouth and the position to open up about it.

Ive read an awful lot of books, Ive read alot of awful books

My problem was that I was blond. There were no heroes with blond hair. Robert Taylor and Henry Fonda, they all had dark hair. The only one I found was Van Johnson, who wasn't too cool. He was a nice, homely American boy. So I created my own image. It worked.

My wife, my daughters, even my grandchildren are funny. You've got to keep a sense of humor because anger destroys you.

When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right.