“As an actor you’re only supposed to be a lover. I am a romantic hero though I don’t like that tag. With all the hardships, problems, illness, goodness, badness, awards and money. An actor will always be a lover. And a lover makes mistakes. You’ll be silly, nonsensical and stupid.”

You never really understand your personality, unless you have a Mini Me who acts the same way

Yes I have made a lot of money and I have a lot of respect, my films have done well, and I know there are loads of loads of people who look up to me and really love me. I really just thought this is like a strange dream. I have never thought this is a success – I don’t have a standard.

It’s okay to be confused. Confusion is the route to all the clarity in the world.

One thing I teach my children and want everyone to know that even if you happen to be on a pedestal you should have the capacity to turn around and say, ‘I don’t know’. We are scared to go wrong. Downfall is part of life.

It is so strange – if anyone takes my name, I have the ability to make them famous.

Awards that ignore me are losers.

Beautiful homes are made by beautiful home makers.

I do believe that an actor, who is self aware, will never do a film that is not an extension of his personality.

Don’t know when my passion became my purpose and then turned into my profession.

Im running in a race and people are on the other track, I’m running with myself

Youngsters are the most discerning audience. They want entertainment, they want issues.

I’m try-sexual. I try anything that’s sexual.

When people call me God, I say, no, I’m still an angel or saint of acting. I still have a long way to go.

I thank God for happiness and sadness. If you are never sad you will never know how good happiness is.

The collar-bone is my favourite part of the human body.

I truly believe my job is to make sure people smile.

The audience makes the decision of what kind of actor they want to watch. I always have said in the last 20 years, the real boss is the audience.

Method actors are like hams.

If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it’s because I put the character first.

Only a madman or an actor would want to be President of the United States.

I didn’t want to be an actress; I never thought of being an actress because, as children, there were three of us – I was the middle child – and we spent our time in church from Sunday morning to Saturday night.

My parents said, Oh, he’s going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.

My experience of singing, as an actor, was that there’s a different creative feeling of freedom. The acting thing is a bit more defined and cerebral. I can see why people would want to cross over. If you have so much freedom on stage then perhaps you want to be confined a bit, and vice versa.

In my early years, there were a number of experiences that made me decide I could not afford the luxury of just being an actress. There were a number of issues I wanted to address. And I wanted to use my career as a platform.