There's actually a big difference between story and character. A great story doesn't make a great movie. A great script, which defines its moments an….

I'm a 'what if' person. I have always felt that failure was a completely underrated experience. I have taken blows. I have had high moments. But I do….

I'm only interested in being a good actor and in being remembered for my best films, not for the way I look. But it seems inevitable in this line of ….

I'm glad movies aren't going to please everybody, they can't. But what they have to be is recognisable. I don't equate myself with a master painter, ….

If it's fifty years from now and it still has the same value, that's a movie..

I'm getting those familiar feelings, and I'm just going to enjoy the process of getting to know someone again..

We stand our best chance of leaving a legacy to those who want to learn, our children, by standing firm. In matters of style, hey, swing with the str….

There's real drama in performing live. You never know how it's going to be..

I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've been ridiculed and humiliated..

Cowboy movies aren't supposed to be in vogue. I still like them. You know, I'm still out there pitching the hell out of them..

In America, politicians do whatever to get re-elected, and a lot of decisions that were being made at that time by Kennedy were certain not to get hi….

President Kennedy was willing to go to war. He was not a coward. The man had been in war and so had Ken O'Donnell. He was ready to protect this natio….

When I read a story that I think has value and I want to be in it, that doesn't change for me. It doesn't fall out of favor for me. I might have to m….

I've always felt that failure was a completely underrated experience..

I don't read as much as I'd like. I've been writing a lot. I've been doing a lot of music, but I don't read as much as I should. I just don't..

I believe people who go into politics want to do the right thing. And then they hit a big wall of re-election and the pettiness of politics. In the e….

I work for the public, for the people who are paying to go to the cinema, rather than for the critics..

The movies helped define how I should be as a person..

We're at a point in history where everyone needs to pay attention to politics. Too much is at stake for us to be apathetic..

I think I just wanted to work when I finally came to Hollywood. That's what it was. I wanted to get a job, and then I wanted to get the second one..

Money isn't a major motivating force in my life. Nor is my profession. There are other things that I care more about than being an actor..