Big budgets don't necessarily give you big films.

No intelligent man wears a moustache voluntarily - you can write that down.

People turn into fools when they see a movie star and do weird things.

Failure is never quite so frightening as regret.

Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see.

I'm not big on Champagne, but I'd take along a bottle of Cristal to pop for when the boat comes to the rescue.

Wines are like women in that it's often the imperfections that fascinate.

I've worked all my life to shed myself of any character.

Every actor wants more offers, but I get enough and I do like to be busy.

When I started in films, it never really occurred to me that I could make a career out of acting.

I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not with any authority.

The only really sound marriages are those based on mutual respect.

A tap is a zero-length swipe.

Saddam Hussein is Hitler like Oasis was The Beatles.

One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner either.

It is human nature to imagine, to put yourself in another's shoes. The past may be another country. But the only passport required is empathy.

You really can't function as a celebrity. Entertainers are celebrities. I'm an architect. I'm an artist. I make things.

I'm a Midwesterner by birth, and when I traveled there, when I was young, most of the small towns were thriving, vibrant places.

I'm very close with Bob and his lovely, fabulous wife Catherine, too.

I'm telling you that you don't have to choose between smart and sexy. You can have both. You are both.

I've always wanted to put a little solarium on the back of my house. You know. Glass.