Early days, I was a bit racked , particularly when I did Hitler, for CBS . That was hellish. That stayed with me for quite a long time.

I've really enjoyed my work in television, but the problem for me is the turnover of directors every week.

I rant and rave about noise pollution.

Acting, the arts in general, is a magnet for the wounded of society.

It's much more fun to be ugly.

I'd totally be attracted to a geek girl!

I want to keep audiences off balance, so they don't know who I am or how to take me. If I duck and weave, as Frank Bruno might say, I'll have a longer shelf life.

I owe my father everything.

I've always believed that as an actor anything you're asked to do is within you. You just have to try and find it.

Hunger's a great spur.

I used to be a rabid reader, but now it's scripts or nothing - network television is quite relentless, and you can't drop the ball.

Dine on little and sup on less.

Nothing is unattainable when America comes together around a common cause.

No, no, no, I've just grown up too much to be hurt by what people's opinion of my love life is.

From there we came outside and saw the stars

Believing in something and being a part of something you believe in and watching it work and coming from it.

I never wanted to show up and just say, "Okay, what are we doing today? Let's wing it!"

Nothing works until it does. Nobody knows anything. You don't know what people are going to respond to. People are always surprised by stuff.

Love is probably the most powerful force in the cosmos, capable of creating miracles.

Class is often invisible in America in the movies, and usually not the subject of the film.

because the hardest boss a man can ever have is himself.