As you become famous you lose some of your anonymity, which is wonderful for an actor to have because you can observe people and also people don’t have such a strong sense of who you are and that sort of thing.
Pretend was a big part of my childhood.
We’re here for such a short period of time.
Well, I’m not a big sports fan.
You just have to work with your discomfort. It’s challenging, but you have to dance the dance that the band’s playing. You can’t say: “I came here to Cha Cha and they’re playing a Waltz, godammit!”
Well, when we made ‘Tron’ there was no internet, no cellphones.
I can see how a relationship with a writer would be an easy thing.
Every time I walk down one of those red carpets, you think I’d be used to it after all these years, but it’s like it’s happening for the first time.
I think there’s a real joy in going to see movies when you discover them yourself.
I’d maybe done about 12 movies when I decided that this was what I was going to do.
I used to be somebody. Now I’m somebody else.
Everybody loses a couple, and you either pack it up and go home or you keep on fighting.
I don’t know how it is for women or for other guys, but when I was young and in my 20s, I had a fear of marriage.
For me and my wife, it was love at first sight.
With a labyrinth, you make a choice to go in – and once you’ve chosen, around and around you go. But you always find your way to the center.
My brother’s my teacher, my mentor, and we both learnt all the acting basics from our father.
You don’t really have to do the things that your character is doing. But us actors, we use something called sense memory. I’ve certainly been drunk before, and part of my job is to recall that without getting drunk.
If you’re married you’ll have tough times.
Mania is a wonderful feeling.
Words fall short sometimes.