I'm going to put a museum on my ranch and people keep saying, "That's a huge idea." Yeah, it's big, but not bigger than the average big movie. A hundred million dollars in the art world is a substantial amount of cash to do anything. That's maybe a big gallery's total sales for a given year.

There's nothing good about divorce.

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

Art is a way to get strength from something that is life-affirming. It can be quite violent and still be life-affirming.

I went to public school in L.A., so I felt like I'd been in a coma for three years. I woke up, and moved to New York.

I never cultivated a personality. Almost everyone who is really famous has cultivated a personality.