To be a soldier one needs that special gene, that extra something, that enables a person to jump into one on one combat, something, after all, that is unimaginable to most of us, as we are simply not brave enough.

I am at that age when you panic at the slightest thing.

My grandfather was born in India and three generations of my family served there.

What's happened to humour? We're becoming American. Everyone gets so angry over everything.

We now live in a world where the only thing to have is success, but failure is marvelous. It's fertiliser, it's like living fertiliser, because you're forced on yourself.

I think it's fun playing a part that lots of other people have played, in a way.

Being in Hollywood is like being in the Christian right these days.