Villains with a conscience have this sad realization of who they are, and the monster they've become — there's a sense of regret. So at the end of these movies there's a dramatic resonance that really stays with the audience.

If you are truly fearless as a performer, than you don't fear kids or dogs.

As an actor I kind of do. I started out doing voice overs in the mid 80s when I was in grad school.

Of course, anybody's who's 26 years old will probably say, "Of course the old guy would say that." But wait until you're 45 or 46 years old. See how you feel about it then.

I would just turn into a giant pair of lips. "Oh God! There he is! It's Lip-Man!"

Principally, I'll give anything a chance, only because the greatest challenges are the ones that you never see coming.

Their lives have been largely defined by failure and you would think the prospect of marriage, which is supposed to be bountiful and hopeful, it's just really another kind of tangential thing in his life.