When not much is happening and there seems to be nothing you can do to change that, you do wonder. But I am an actor, like it or not. I stuck with it and took what was offered.

I filmed underwater for two days in the open ocean with dolphins.

The heavy spacesuits are spectacular to look at but very hot. Putting one on was like going from chilly London winter weather to the Bahamas in just minutes.

My dream job has already happened.

At this point in my career, Apollo 13 is a million light years away.

It's just too egotistical to think that we are the only lifeform in the universe.

There are not many roles where women are really active.

I am really a sea creature. Just a mammal that lost its fins.

In a world where there is so much sadness and so much to be afraid of, good things do happen to people. Romance is still something we can find even if we're not consciously looking for it.

I like to think of myself as kind of a sculptor, only I sculpt people.

I like to go to openings when I'm in it, or friends are in it.

…she simply accepted it for what it was — a normal, average, everyday kind of miracle.

A mystic is a man who treats his feelings as tools of cognition.

I always say everyone was lucky enough to be in a Cate Blanchett movie.

Last month Mitt Romney raised $76 million. He found it in an old sport-coat pocket.

Being needed was a handy trick. It could fill you up so full you never even noticed all the places that were empty.

When your throat is parched with thirst, do you desire a cup of gold?

Thank God for vinyl! It's wonderful to be involved in something that captures your life from almost the beginning to the end. I'm absolutely blessed.

I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards.

We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected, not to be victims of intolerance and racism.

Everybody who's in the news business today was influenced in a positive way by Walter Cronkite. He had ability, humility and integrity, a rare combination.