Actors make choices for different reasons.

Where were they when the Russians went down?

My objective was to have as varied a selection of roles as possible. It probably did hurt my career.

As a dad, he thinks that his philosophy is morally correct. He has no conscience whatsoever about letting his kids put a penny in a light socket to find out electricity is not so good for you, and if you want to learn how to swim, you have to be thrown into the deep end.

To have the freedom to be able to make choices is something I guess every actor aspires to. Most actors don't have those kind of choices. If the part comes along, they take it.

I wanted to be Laurence Olivier, basically, to be a great classical actor, and also be able to do modern things.

My strength as an actor is in the theater - I know that about myself. Some actors get onstage and vanish, but I'm much better there than I am on screen.