Not only do I have to live, right, I have to get some cash for my troubles - it's a scary thing, and people need to start to think about the messages that they send in the movies.
When I was a teenager, I began to settle into school because I'd discovered the extracurricular activities that interested me: music and theater.
Was I always going to be here? No I was not. I was going to be homeless at one time, a taxi driver, truck driver, or any kind of job that would get me a crust of bread. You never know what's going to happen.
This kid came up with Napster, and before that, none of us thought of content protection.
There's no mystery to it. Nothing more complicated than learning lines and putting on a costume.
The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.
I've been living with myself all of my life, so I know all of me. So when I watch me, all I see is me. It's boring.
The accident was a horrible thing - but that horrible thing made Chris, at the end of his life, Superman. It's a happy irony if there is such a thing. I'm proud to have known him.
Still, it can be more effective to accomplish what you need to accomplish with the minimum effort. Watch Anthony Hopkins. He doesn't appear to be doing anything. He is so still that you can't see him working, but you are drawn into his character through his very stillness.
People say it's a movie about boxing, but... I don't agree at all. I don't think it's a movie about boxing. Boxing is like a platform. It's just a stage where this is played out.
People hear that and say I'm being modest, but I am not a modest person, but I have to be truthful about what I'm doing and what I'm doing is channeling.
I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always give you a hand. Always. But you gotta keep dancing, you gotta keep your feet moving.
The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it.
It's what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That's all and that's the hardest thing.
And some places you been before are so great that you don't ever mind going back. Some places you been before you don't ever want to go back, you know, like Montreal in the Winter.