I like the hot-cold, the sugar-salt, being able to play over-the-top and dramatic things - in the same film. Just as in my life, I can be very funny and at other times almost extinguished.

I watched Gene Kelly for his smile, for his energy. Vittorio Gassman for his movement. Clark Gable for his mustache. And I watched Lassie who was happy as a dog.

I've never concerned myself with the labels people want to put on you. What matters to me is my own estimation.

I wasn't dyslexic, I was just very slow. I passed my time daydreaming.

I don't represent myself as a star, but an actor who wants to make movies.

I don't care about my image.

I like simple things. I like being in my family in the South and playing petanque.

I watched a lot of Douglas Fairbanks movies. He always played the same role with a mustache. Zorro had a mustache. The Musketeer had a mustache. Tarzan had a mustache.

In many cases for an actor it's a comfortable position to be in. But it's harder to fail as a director.

I don't want everyone to like me, and I don't choose who likes me. You have to give them the choice, give them the option.

I want to work with a director who becomes my brother, my father, for two months. You give yourself over to that person.

To bear children into this world is like carrying wood to a burning house.

A Beautiful Woman Is A Baggage. Thank God Yours Is A Suit Case

The emotional security and political stability in this country entitle us to be a nuclear power.

High heels are pleasure with pain.

I'm looking for me to disappear, and the acting to disappear, and all you see is a real person.

Ultimately, China may use force to push for unification with Taiwan, a scenario we all must work to prevent.

My mom is a sculptress.

Just because I disagree with you doesn't mean I'm disagreeable.

It's really such a personal journey, making a record, but even more so writing the songs.

I love film; I'd love to do as many films as possible.