I used to get the girl; now I get the part. In 'The Quiet American' you may have noticed I got the part and the girl. It's a milestone for me, because it's the last time I'm going to get the girl.

Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.

I have never seen it (Jaws 4) but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and it is terrific.

...some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

It’s a lesson in life—don’t look back, you’ll trip over.

I'm every bourgeois nightmare - a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars.

Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.

Some men just want to watch the world burn

I've always got to have one impossible dream on the back burner.

Use the difficulties - if you can't avoid them

The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought: "That's what I want to do."

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.

And the Prince stared at her like a man out of his wits.

Certainly, to have a woman who waits at home for you, who will sleep with you, gives a warm feeling like having something you must say; it makes you glow, keeps you company, helps you to live.

I am going to bring everybody together.

I wanted to be taken out of myself.

You can always win points. Winning people’s respect is a lot more important.

You can't run a without taking risks.

There's homophobia in every corner and pocket of this world but at the core you just love someone and want to make mixed tapes for them.

I took up boxing to get in shape for filming because it's grueling - all the running, the heat, the yelling, the crying that we do.

Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? The Lion or the Mouse? Poppy or the Snake?