I look upon pride as a sin.

Either you're growing or you're decaying; there's no middle ground. If you're standing still, you're decaying.

I know that if I can't move people, then I have no business being an actor.

Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun.

I don't analyze things like titles.

I don't direct movies for a living.

I'm an actor, I'm always looking for work. I was born to do that.

Cormac McCarthy's language is perfect. He is in my view the greatest living American prose stylist.

As an actor to watch an audience of people howl together in a single mind as a result of work you've done together with friends is a privilege.

I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere.

I try as hard as I can for everything to be different from one movie to the next.

As an actor I want to do as many takes as I can. I wanna shoot the scene... or shoot the shot 'til they make me quit.

Meryl Streep does not make mistakes. Sometimes the world just can't keep up.

I think any stereotyping is too much.

In the political world, the only position I have is a voter. I'm not a spokesman for anything.

I know a lot of cowboys and I've done a little work on ranches with cattle, and those people become your friends, and keep their word.

I don't do anything that is not fun. I just don't do it.

I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid.

I don't consider my private feelings to be relevant in any way, actually.