Wong Kar-Wai is a really great inspiration. He's always referred to as the Jimi Hendrix of filmmaking.
Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling.
Television, in particular, doesn't look for talent; it looks for personas. You have a great persona? You can be a TV star.
Who could have asked for anything better? I was cast in movies with great actors, with great leading men.
It is such a social thing, laughing. Two thousand people in a room laughing is such a great buzz and they tend to laugh much more in a group.
To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves.
I was born with a silver microphone in my mouth, and that was an advantage. My father wrote books and was also a great broadcaster.
I don't attribute an actor's great success to their own individual performance when it's something as collaborative as a movie.
Canadians send us great hockey players. You also send us wonderful performers, from the beginning, with Mary Pickford.
You can have a great script, and it can be a great show, but for whatever reason, it just doesn't take the public's interest.
I believe artists deserve all the help they can get, so they can focus on being great artists.
We've all seen great actors and actresses who are missing a certain chemistry. And it's not about getting along or not getting along.
Just as long as something is gained, a lesson is learned. I do like those. The more quiet victories are always great.
The great thing about 'X-Men' is that it takes characters that are quite firmly established in the comics and puts them in new contexts.
I think the first album cover was considered most provocative. I think that contributed a great deal.
'Supernatural' was great because my character changed so much from beginning to end, always keeping me on my toes.
Being invisible would be pretty great. You could watch everybody, sneak into places and know what people were saying.
One of the great things about being an actor is that you have a completely different challenge every few months.
I think we'll all keep pushing each other, which is a great thing.
Accents can be a great tool to tell a story - but if you do it wrong, it pulls you right out of the movie.
To me, comedy is a great occupation because I don't really worry that much about what other people think of me.
