If you're a movie star, you get the girl, you lose the girl, and then you get her back. But if you're a character like me, you lose the girl, then you get another one, then you get another one, then you lose them all, then you lose your life.

Save your money. You're going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.

When I was 6 my father went to fight in the war, so he was my big hero. I thought he was the greatest thing.

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

Acting is not a competition; everything must be done for the good of the film or else everybody loses.

Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.

I don't think human beings are bad. They're weak. And that's what makes 'em bad.