I've always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.

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.

I don't worry about the last shot or the next shot. I concentrate. Every shot gets a clean slate. And when a shot is over, I wipe it out absolutely. Tell a joke or something. If you worry about how you looked, how well you did, you'll go insane.

There are loads of black actors.You can't say: I'm going to vote for him, he's not very good but he's black, [so] I'll vote for him. You've got to give a good performance.

If you're a gardener you don't need a gym. [...] You're always carrying large sacks of manure all over.

My dialogue coach said to do a Texas accent, you lean on the next word, and that was the clue to me.

There is no point in competing with young talent...I just concentrate on getting better each day.