The audience and I have an intimacy that is, I believe, rare, most times out.

My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard.

I saw the horizon. It's out there. And though I may not ever be able to touch it, it's worth reaching for.

Life is precious, and when someone dies it's an opportunity to realise how precious it is. My brother drowned when I was 17. He was 15. I think I grew from that. My father didn't. It really crushed him.

You just don't understand humility until you have children and get divorced. I was very hurt and very angry and so was she. But when kids are involved, you either become friends with respect or you become mortal enemies.

A lot of old guys in movies are like cowboys - they talk like cowboys and they dress like cowboys.

The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great.