You've got to show your soul otherwise you're just a piece of equipment.

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.

That's the hardest thing about doing sequels - you've lost the element of surprise.

When you're younger you just want to go out and make your mark in the world and doing that, quite often, the people that you love the most and the people you should be closest to suffer from estrangement. I'd be gone nine months a year, so how do you know anyone? When you come home you are a stranger.

Gangster is the truest friend I can ever ask for.

If you look at people that have survived crashing in the mountains and lived up in the snow for 40 days - it's possible to do extraordinary feats.

Early on everyone should do, every time they do a big film, they should do a little film. It really does keep you grounded.