It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.

I'm fairly sure I didn't show enough gratitude to my employers, and I'm sorry for that.

Mark Twain had a way of telling stories that shifts your consciousness away from labels.

Doing my first movie, I realized I could get into real bad habits. If you're the star, all you have to do is show up, and 20 people say, 'Do you want anything? What is it? Let me get it for you.' Believe me, you get spoiled very quickly. I saw some of my contemporaries allow themselves to have that fame, thinking they could handle it. It messed them up.

Do what you like to do so well that someone will pay you wages for it.

I'm a character actor, but I look like a leading man.

It hurts. I miss my kids. I miss my kids in so many ways that I can`t explain.