The only happy artist is a dead artist, because only then you can't change. After I die, I'll probably come back as a paintbrush.

I understand that a lot of other actors don't have a choice. They have to eat so they need to work and they'll do films that they're not so proud of. But I've been fortunate enough to be given a second wind, so I try to pick projects I know will provide the audience the kind of escapism they want from me.

I think audiences have hit the wall with CGI and special effects. They have seen so many over-the-top events that they can't suspend disbelief.

You have to have an almost boundless reservoir of energy and interest to enter politics because quite often it's thankless and fruitless and you can't accomplish much.

In a contest between me and a bulldog, you would say the bulldog is cuter.

I respect a woman too much to marry her.

Some actors are brilliant character guys. They submerge.