I'm so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.

I've often said there's two kinds of actors. There's a more gregarious type and the shy type.

I used to wear disguises, like hats and false beards, just to walk around and avoid attention.

My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.

When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies. It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I'd go home and act all the parts. It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.

It surprised me, the feeling I got when I won the Oscar for 'Scent of a Woman.' It was a new feeling. I'd never felt it. I don't see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.