I can rely on me [being a director], unlike some actors. I never got anything less than what I needed from the lead actor..

Reality is, I'm an actor and an entertainer, and I really wouldn't know what to do with another profession..

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're moti….

My bottom line is that I think Ridley Scott is one of the greatest visual artists of our time and I feel very privileged that he wants to work with m….

A lot of the things that other people from outside the business would see as crazy or strange are just a natural part of the working process. Prepara….

Like everyone else, I've had moments when I've felt that I've been losing my grip..

In tyranny lies only failure. Empower every man and you will gain strength..

I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the he….

I'm destined to be attracted to those I cannot defeat..

I respond in the moment which is what makes me a good actor..

You can't understand it until you experience the simple joy of the first time your son points at a seagull and says 'Duck!'.

When I was a young fellow, I used to learn the dialogue backwards. The point is that in a conversation between two people, you can't have already mad….

If you grow up ... in the suburbs of anywhere, a dream like this seems kind of vaguely ludicrous and completely unattainable, this moment is directly….

It's such an intimate experience, being a director, artistically. It's deep and it's satisfying and it's wonderful, on so many levels, but it's also ….

I have a new horse. I get her to come to me from half a mile away. With just a simple call. That's because she knows that when she's with me, she's t….

Even bad men love their mommas..

Australians and New Zealanders don't talk about Gallipoli in terms of invasion. I started talking about it and using that word and at first there wer….

Once you're a parent, male or female, every single thing that happens in your life is seen through the prism of being a parent..

There has to be a mathematical explanation for how bad that tie is..

The secret to riches is the same as the secret to comedy - timing..

I want to make movies that pierce people's hearts and touch them in some way, even if it's just for the night while they're in the cinema; in that mo….