A lot of movie stars are not great actors; they’re just very good-looking. And when they start to age and they don’t have the looks any more, then it’s over.
I had been nine years in the theatre and hadn’t had massive success. My only thing was I wanted to be an actor and I didn’t care when, where, or how much for.
My wife, my daughters, even my grandchildren are funny. You’ve got to keep a sense of humor because anger destroys you.
I try to make everyone around me feel comfortable.
You get paid the same for a bad film as you do for a good one.
I’ve always loved reprehensible people because they’re so much more interesting to play on screen.
To be a movie star, you have to carry a movie. And to carry a movie where you play the title role is the supreme example.
My father was a fish market porter. So I grew up on fish, because he used to steal one a day, I grew up on the very best fish that money could buy, ’cause he only stole the good stuff.
Wherever I live, if there isn’t a restaurant I want to go to of a certain type, then I open it. That’s all. For selfish reasons.
You can write shorthand and still look at the guy you’re talking to.
When I was 6 my father went to fight in the war, so he was my big hero. I thought he was the greatest thing.
I spent my entire time reading books and going to the cinema, just to escape.
We can only use British actors because everybody’s got to talk exactly the same.
The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.
Sometimes, in a part, everything comes together.
I need a challenge ’cause I don’t get the girl anymore.
My dialogue coach said to do a Texas accent, you lean on the next word, and that was the clue to me.
I had been in that part of the world as a soldier in Korea, so I had been interested in Vietnam.
If you held a pistol at my head, I couldn’t tell you who they’re going to vote for Best Actor.
I just try to play more and more difficult roles.