Help and you will abolish apathy-the void that is so quickly filled by ignorance and evil.

Larger-than-life characters make up about .01 percent of the world's population.

There was nothing to react to except wind and trees [in Cast Away]. It was like making a silent movie.

As an actor I am always waiting for my luck to run out.

If I was to direct Ron Howard, I guarantee you, I would put him through a living hell every day. I would demand so much of him. We wouldn't quit until he leaves the set crying. Weeping! Spent!

All that most parents hope is that their children are happy, funny, well adjusted, and have a passion for something in their lives. What would negate everything is if the next generation that we're responsible for has a passionless existence. And that's cause for occasional sleepless nights.

There isn't any great mystery about me. What I do is glamorous and has an awful lot of white-hot attention placed on it. But the actual work requires the same discipline and passion as any job you love doing, be it as a very good pipe fitter or a highly creative artist.