My parents had a certain resolve to them that I don’t see as so prevalent today. Through good times and bad, they were committed to one another. Their relationship wasn’t something to be constantly examined or picked apart.

Sending a handwritten letter is becoming such an anomaly. It's disappearing. My mom is the only one who still writes me letters. And there's something visceral about opening a letter - I see her on the page. I see her in her handwriting.

It's not a master plan to do every remake and every recreation of icons. It's just what I've been hired to do.

Everyone said to Vincent van Gogh, "You can't be a great painter, you only have one ear." And you know what he said? "I can't hear you".

I am always the type of person who is waiting for the other shoe to drop and for it to peter out and end. And if it does that's fine.

Everybody wants to be a Bond villain. That is the coolest. To be able to portray a Bond villain, that is the feather in any actor's cap.

Do I want to be feared or loved? That's a good question. I want both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.