When we were kind of forced (by real life sniper murders in the Washington area that were too close to the film's plot) to pull the picture in October (from its Nov. 15 date), he wasn't nearly as big a star as he is today after 'Daredevil' and 'The Recruit.' He's become this hot guy.

[He has been forced to test his own powers in this area enormously over the past year.] When I was pretty sure that the autobiography was going to be a great success, ... and when it, on the contrary, got viciously attacked... well, I know I'm not wrong. Obviously the times are out of joint.

Ah, I know what the important things are in life. I know that, just because I pretend to be someone else for two hours doesn't make me a better person than the next man. So, I know those things. Simple things.

What my first son James did was allow me to care for something in this world when I couldn't care for myself. James saved my life.

I've got plenty of love in my life already in the form of my sons and a few good friends who I value dearly.

Life is apogee, apex, decline; life is death - and everything else is open to discussion.