I can't remember a picture that has expressed black attitudes and personal relationships as vividly as we've done in 'Cadence.'

I didn't have much of a childhood, but that's O.K. I have a livelihood.

As an actor, Coppola trained me. That was my training ground.

Special effects are characters. Special effects are essential elements. Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there.

I always want to read the script and know everything and at least understand the context of the world that you're in and why you're there and all that stuff. It's good to know something. I like to know, but I've never been one of these, 'Just show me my stuff,' no, I like to know what the whole picture is so I can understand how I fit into it.

I don't believe in acting teachers for me, so it's God's joke that he gave me a best friend who's an acting teacher.

We don't really see a lot of war movies about the people that are left behind, dealing with the deaths of those who serve and the sacrifices they make.

I learned tolerance at a very early age.

Having 50 to 60 years on the planet should give you a sense of how to master the way you look and live your life.

It's a huge blessing to know you've done something that has affected people the way 'The Matrix' has. It's like, there's 'Star Wars,' and then there's 'The Matrix.' It's cool to be a part of that.

Paulo Coelho's 'The Alchemist' means a lot to me.

When I think of Othello, I think of a poet-warrior. Let me say that again - a romantic warrior. And I think I have those qualities in common with him.

I really don't know that I'm iconic. I don't even know that people think I'm cool.

Mine were informal mentors. They were all in my working life.

I think of myself as being a relatively intelligent man who is open to a lot of different things and I think that questioning our purpose in life and the meaning of existence is something that we all go through at some point.

I try to stay in shape a little bit, but I don't obsess about it.

I'm not dyeing my hair and trying to pretend I'm 40. That's not going to work for me.

There's a lot of stuff that's not good that's touted as being good.

We are our children's first teachers.

It's nice to get the feedback from a theater audience. It's a gas.

I ain't afraid of germs, man. And I ain't afraid of getting sick.

Doing theater makes you feel like a real actor.

There's great theatre in New York City, but no New York City in theatre.

I was a child actor but not a child star.