Now, if I think a scene should go a certain way and it goes another, I'm able to go that new way with ease.

I'm a very fortunate actor. I'm blessed to be the position I'm in right now.

I weighed 190 when I got to boot camp, I came out at 178. I ate only the beans and tomato sauce.

Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?

Whatever it is, if you draw, you paint, you're a carpenter, you play football, the more you do it, you're a journalist, the more stories you write, the more people you interview and navigate your way through these different personalities to get your story, the better you're going to get at it. Acting's no different.

I am not as crazy as people think.

I know that 20 years from now if anyone asks me one question, it will be, 'What was it like to be in Saving Private Ryan?