John Hurt was incredible to work with.

I like being a villain. Villains are more exciting.

It's very easy to confuse Sean Connery with James Bond. Sometimes in the entertainment industry, people believe the cake is more real than the baker.

Remember to be as smart as you are.

My Brat Pack buddies and I didn't exactly handle celebrity very well. Success at an early age is far more difficult to handle than failure.

Almost anything makes me laugh, especially jokes at my own expense. And I will never, ever admit to being ticklish anywhere.

Catcher in the Rye had a profound impact on me-the idea that we all have lots of dreams that are slowly being chipped away as we grow up.

I love the rehearsal process in the theatre, and the visceral sense of contact and communication with a live audience.

The movie that's had the most effect on me is Jaws. To this day when I'm in the ocean, I'm hearing that music.

I don't have any blindness when it comes to my money. As an actor, you can get distracted by your work. I do keep an eye on my nest egg, if you will.

Young alienation, disappointment and heartache is all a part of the first real growing up that we do.

Remember that things are not always as they appear to be… Curiosity creates possibilities and opportunities.

If there's no sea-gull there's no meeting, Wicklow had said. No sea-gull means abort. That's my epitaph, thought Barley. 'There was no sea-gull, so he aborted.

Some people love to mentally bully others into feeling inferior. Sadly, they often succeed in doing so because a lot of people aren't in the habit of defining their true self-worth.

Incessant smiling is one of the deadly tools used by someone whose intent is to make others cry.

The American people can have anything they want the trouble is they don't know what they want.

Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them.

There is no sin in not liking to play; it's a mistake for a boy to be there if he doesn't want to.

Your real progressives are never fair: they are never sufficiently neutral.

In the real world of pain, how could one worship a God who was immune to it?

Fear pounds on the door to our heart demanding to be let in. Joy is modest and often comes into our lives like a shy person entering a room; it can take a while to even notice it's there.