I won an Academy Award for 'The Cider House Rules,' playing an American.

I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I'm pig-headed.

Every magic trick consists of three parts, or acts. The first part is called the Pledge. The magician shows you something ordinary. The second act is called the Turn. The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it into something extraordinary. But you wouldn't clap yet, because making something disappear isn't enough. You have to bring it back.

I'm a sort of boy next door. If that boy has a good scriptwriter.

Anyone can write. But comedy, you've got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.

Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award.

Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start me on class, otherwise you'll get a four-hour lecture.