I've never done work for money ever. If your choices are based on grosses and the film doesn't do well, what does that mean? It leaves you with nothing.

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Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes.

Talk is over-rated as a means of settling disputes.

I love kids. I was a kid myself, once.

I love kids. I was a kid myself, once.

I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life.

I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life.

Have you ever gotten the feeling that you aren't completely embarassed yet, but you glimpse...

Have you ever gotten the feeling that you aren't completely embarassed yet, but you glimpse...

I've never made a film that I didn't believe in, you know? However the picture...

I've never made a film that I didn't believe in, you know? However the picture...

Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.

Nothing ends nicely, that's why it ends.

Every single time I start to do a picture, without fail, I feel as if...

Every single time I start to do a picture, without fail, I feel as if...

The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those...

The exciting part of acting, I don't know how else to explain it, are those...

I always look for a challenge and something that's different.

I always look for a challenge and something that's different.

I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you...

I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you...

Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people.

Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people.

When I work, I work very hard. So I look to work with people who...

When I work, I work very hard. So I look to work with people who...

It's well known I'm a Scientologist, and that has helped me to find that inner...

It's well known I'm a Scientologist, and that has helped me to find that inner...

The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard....

The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard....

When I first started out all the attention could be a bit unnerving, especially when...

When I first started out all the attention could be a bit unnerving, especially when...

As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really...

As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really...

I look at the Samurai because they were the artists of their time. What I...

I look at the Samurai because they were the artists of their time. What I...

I would live with all of my sisters if I could. We've always been very...

I would live with all of my sisters if I could. We've always been very...

What I find sometimes that is tricky is if actors are using too much of...

What I find sometimes that is tricky is if actors are using too much of...

I've gotten very good at scheduling my life, scheduling the scene and preparing myself for...

I've gotten very good at scheduling my life, scheduling the scene and preparing myself for...