Actually, I'm addicted to science fiction. Let me make my diction clear - I love sci-fi.

Spying is a like a game of chess: Sometimes you have to withdraw, sometimes you have to sacrifice one of your pieces to win - preferably a knight rather than a king or queen.

Villains are a lot of fun. My villains have a lot of tongue-in-cheek. They are sometimes conscious of and a little bit gleeful of their villainy.

I think 'The Lost World' could've been a successful movie except for the fact that it pre-dated the good special effects and computer graphics.

I like heroes, and would like to be a hero myself. I suppose we all want that.

Sometimes you learn more from films that aren't terribly successful and, indeed, sometimes you learn more from real disasters than you do from the ones that succeed.

Hollywood is a far safer place to work than working abroad, because of the skill level, and because of the safety considerations that experience and unionization have created.

The word 'career' and 'actor' really don't fit in the same paragraph, let alone sentence. There is no career structure for actors.

I enjoy acting. It's not that I begin to think I'm getting better. I now fully know that I've made no improvement whatsoever since I was 20. I can live with it.

I've always been attracted to films which explore the qualities of courage.

Given the fact that I have a family and responsibilities, it's the mark of a man to find the courage to do what is right in the face of oppressive evil.

Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left to us for testing our universe.

Hope is a gift. Use it wisely.

To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further, There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.

Our dreams seldom approach us

Judge a man by what he tried, not by what he accomplished.

Family is the theatre of the spiritual drama, the place where things happen, especially the things that matter.

Planting a tree is the easiest way to align yourself with the cosmic rhythm.

Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.

We can make fun of hockey fans, but someone who enjoys Homer is indulging the same kind of vicarious bloodlust.

If you can prevent one fight among your children, let it be the fight for your attention.