I did it for the money. But its not worth much if you cant face yourself in the mirror. Respect is the ultimate currency.

You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other, the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies.

I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it.

Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.

I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.

It's important to me that everyone is treated with respect.

I always want my options to be open.

Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.

You won't find a better young actor than Jaeden Lieberher. I ended up having one of the best times with him, really. Going to work with him every day was a treat.

The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe.

I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.

You can tell a lot about a person's priorities in life by reading their will.

Shout out for Joy! Don't scream out in fear for victors shout and victims scream.

I rather take the risk of trying to find real love than loving someone I know that is guaranteed

On what strange stuff Ambition feeds!

Creativity is the ability to look at the ordinary and see the extraordinary.

The way that words fit together is always interesting to me. I love words.

… for nightinggales - we know - can’t live on fairytales.

Everyone is born equally capable but lacks equal opportunity.

I haven't really been able to transfer into that extraordinarily other worldly creature, other than I hope on stage.

Large parties given to very young children... foster the passions of vanity and envy, and produce a love of dress and display which is very repulsive in the character of a child.