I came across the script [42], and I read it, and I said, "I really want to do this." And when I had my agent call, they said, ah, you know, it's not….

Acting was a way out at first. A way out of not knowing what to do, a way of focusing ambitions. And the ambition wasn't for fame. The ambition was t….

People need to see what's going on, and they have to be exposed to the mechanisms that can help make it right..

It took me a long time to figure out how to act, and how to conduct myself in the business so I could get what I felt I needed to support my potentia….

I rarely play a real person, because I don't think I'm a good imitator..

Failures are inevitable. Unfortunately, in film they live for ever and they're 40 ft wide and 20 ft high..

I have children. I have other concerns. I have other focuses. I really feel very sympathetic and I would love to be able to help but I don't see this….

For some directors, I'm the actor from hell..

There's a real simple analogy. You have to perceive it from the ground up. You have to lay a firm foundation, then every step becomes part of a logic….

I love the comic opportunities that come up in the context of a father-son relationship..

What I think is important for a young person is to figure out how to be useful and not be so concentrated on themselves, but to see what they can do ….

I found out that drama was a fascinating exercise as a way to get out of my self and into somebody else's head..

The environment has become a political, polarizing issue..

The capacity to create [visual] effects in the computer has made the job easier, but it has also introduced the complexity that you can with a few mo….

I don't want to be a movie star. I want to be in movies that are stars..

Nothing shocks me. I'm a scientist..

All my friends were going off to be professionals, and I said I wanted to be an actor..

The trick of this thing and the beauty of this thing is that it's a cowboy movie first and then stuff happens. Even after stuff happens it doesn't ch….

There's no independent satisfaction without the success of the film itself. The feel that you have done the best you can to support the film..

Hollywood's got its own particular environment..

Money is really only important if you don't have any..