I was bullied as a boy - lots of kids are, but hopefully most of us get on with our lives and grow up.

The art of persuasion. The actor persuades himself, first, and through himself, the audience.

Have a very good reason for everything you do.

The humility to prepare and the self-confidence to bring it off.

I am young! Being creative and keeping your brain occupied is very sensible because if you don't you die, slowly.

I visualized a lot of things happening to me, because I was a lonely kid because I didn't understand anything about school.

I know that some actors and directors like to have intensity on set. I don't, particularly. Certainly, if they want that, that's fine, but I can't work like that.

I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense... I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.

I don't want to be anything else other than what I am. I can say that with passion. No regrets.

People forget that Mozart wrote for commissions. There's a thing in psychology where they think if it's popular, it can't be serious.

I think doubt is a very healthy way to live.

I'm very much a loner. I don't like long relationships with people and I always keep people at a distance.

I worked with Steven Spielberg on Amistad... he seemed so very secure in himself that he let me do things.

I worked with Lawrence Olivier some years ago. He was a great mentor.

The movie industry is full of crazy people who think that they are gods.

I am not very good with relationships. With anyone. I can't be locked up with anyone for too long.

Multiply it by infinity and take it to the depths of forever, and you will still have barely a glimpse of what I'm talking about.

I've got a great sense of humor.

I'd like to wake up and look like Brad Pitt in the morning, but I don't. I look in the mirror, and I see myself.