I've never had a "hankering" to direct. I can perform, but I can't write on that level. I tend to go off on tangents. Directing also requires a kind of specificity and I don't have it.

To be free. Such a thing would be greater than all the magic and all the treasures in all the world.

It's a wonderful feeling when your father becomes not a god but a man to you - when he comes down from the mountain and you see he's this man with weaknesses. And you love him as this whole being, not as a figurehead.

A lot of celebrities golf because they want to be away. For them it's a chance to get away and be peaceful. For me it's peaceful to ride [cycling].

When the Williams sisters play tennis, it gets pretty hot. When they start grunting, I'm in.

In down times I do things like go for a long bike ride or run. The other thing I'm doing in that quiet time is just observing.

It's frightening and exhilarating. It's like combat. Look at the metaphors: You kill when it works; you die when it doesn't.