I like Michael Bay a whole lot. And Jerry Bruckheimer. But I love Ben Affleck as a person, as a director, as an actor.
I was an anomaly because my father was a Harvard man, and he came from a family of poor people.
I weighed 190 when I got to boot camp, I came out at 178. I ate only the beans and tomato sauce.
Whatever it is, if you draw, you paint, you're a carpenter, you play football, the more you do it, you're a journalist, the more stories you write, the more people you interview and navigate your way through these different personalities to get your story, the better you're going to get at it. Acting's no different.
I don't know what to say about it except Tom Hanks is a great person, a serious person; he's dissatisfied in a very likeable way, in a very discreet way, and Steven Spielberg is similar in his discretion and drive. But Spielberg is calm. He's this driven filmmaker and visionary. He really is.
My family is very discreet. White-shoe, you know?
It was dog food. Beef livers with onions in a can. You open it up and it looks like vomit.
Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?
I read for 'Reservoir Dogs,' and it got down to me and Buscemi, and Quentin couldn't make up his mind. I really wanted that part, but Buscemi is great in that. I also got really close on 'Gladiator,' but Ridley Scott decided on Russell Crowe, who's perfect in it.
I have tried to make decisions to work with great directors, with good scripts, and that makes the pickings real slim.
I read a lot. I am an inveterate reader. I always have a novel going.
Temptation is impossible for me to resist... Come on. This is Hollywood. It's in the job description.
Katherine Heigl was a movie star. I thought she was going to be one, and it was fun to watch this young actress getting better every day.
I like to touch things. In my house I have a lot of velvet drapes and thick, lush couches.
If someone messes with me, I'm going to mess with them.
You must have to want it so badly, if there is any way you can live without it, get out of it. Being an unsuccessful actor is like having a skin disease. Make sure your passion is not misplaced.
I'm from Detroit. I was from a kind of violent neighbourhood.
I want to do 'Company of Heroes 2,' if they do it. It depends on how the movie performs, but they hope it will perform well. They have a franchise on their mind, and if it's a franchise, man, I'm going to be a very happy person.
We get second chances. We get 19th chances.
When I was a teenager, you wanted to go to the movies. Go and see 'Mean Streets,' go and see 'The Conversation,' go and see 'Taxi Driver.'
