Either you're growing or you're decaying; there's no middle ground. If you're standing still, you're decaying.

I used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that people did moved me, and certain things didn't move me, and I tried to analyze, even at that age, six and seven and eight, why I was moved by certain things they did

If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you're doing something else or not. You can be connected with community theater or make your own little movies. But if you want to be a movie star, you've got a tough road ahead of you.

Everybody's career has ups and downs. I like to take chances; I don't like to stand still. And I don't give a damn what the market is interested in; I want to try things.

I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?

Every physicist knows that things connect with each other. To isolate things is not the way the universe works - winning best actor is arbitrary.