I can't say there were parts I was offered and turned down, but there were meetings for parts that I didn't go to, meetings I should have gone to, meetings I was advised against going to. I listened to that advice.

Because, let's face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down.

I learned one thing from De Niro: He taught me to listen. Nobody says anything strictly from the script. It's improvised. It was the best piece of advice I have ever gotten in my life. It has helped me through the past thirty years.

One of the advantages of being Captain is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it.

I like being independent; I like doing things myself. I'm an instinctual person.

I made mistakes. I let other people influence me and make decisions, sometimes without my knowledge.