You can't always do the extraordinary, in between you have to do the ordinary. Because if you didn't, what would constitute the extraordinary?

Becoming an actor is like becoming a father. It's not hard to become one. Making a life of it is the challenge.

Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing.

You're always being cast for what you've been in last.

You need the villain. If you don't have a villain, the good guy can stay home.

If the shoe fits, you must wear it.

I think Stephen Sondheim is a - and I hardly ever use this word - but this is as close as it gets to a genius.

I have always been so interested in film as a medium.

One does not contradict the other.Straight-faced is the basis of all decent comedy.

I'm open to working anywhere, but not on anything.

You know, I don't support esoteric approaches to acting.

A person may learn things all their life, but never gain knowledge of truth.

Keep seeking the spirituality of thy soul.

However much one lacks piety, the atmosphere in a graveyard encourages quiet reflection.

A vision is best presented as a story that people can relate to.

For after all we make our faces as we go along...

Being sexy is not about what's on show, it's all about suggestion, or insinuation. I'm interested in the way a garment hangs on a woman's body and the way it moves when she moves.

A gentleman is a man who can play the banjo, but doesn't.

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.

Anger is a more noble emotion than indifference.

People have to be given permission to write, and they have to be given space to breathe and stumble. They have to be given time to develop and to reveal what they can do.