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.

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

When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins.

I've always played very human sort of characters.

About Superman and Batman: the former is how America views itself, the latter, darker character is how the rest of the world views America.

I think life has got to develop as you get older, and I don't want to be wandering along doing the same old thing. I want more out of life.

Presenting the Oscars was the most nerve-racking job I have ever done in show business. It's very much a live show: they have comedy writers waiting in the wings, and as you come off between presentations, they hand you an appropriate gag to tell.