When I was offered the part in Shakespeare In Love a voice in my head said 'not another tights role!
I think that sense of humor is important in marriage. A sense of humor gets people through marriage.
Every young actor wants to do 'Hamlet' on the West End. Why? Because they can bring something to it.
As an actor you really want to push yourself, and there's no better way than to do an intense drama.
If someone wants to employ me, whoever wants to employ me, I'll go and do that. I just want to work.
Before 'Grease 2', I was called the next Richard Gere, then after 'Grease 2', nobody would touch me.
Had I pursued a film career in Los Angeles, I'm not sure I would have had the fortune that I've had.
I feel like my body doesn't judge the hours, you know? It doesn't care if it's daytime or nighttime.
I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.
'Falling Skies' was mostly night work in winter in Toronto. It was cold and wet, and we were filthy.
I'd lived through World War II and hadn't been able to wait to join the army as soon as I turned 18.
Whenever the lion fish in the fish tank in the captain's ready room died it was always a sad moment.
I love Scotland. Edinburgh is a beautiful city and has a wonderful tradition of supporting the arts.
If you do not surrender, I shall be forced to shoot you through the head with a rather large bullet.
As a man, there's a part of me that feels I should still be going out and doing a proper day's work.
How often, really, do you get a Filipino story line in a show? Not very often. I can't think of any.
Because we should always respect other nationalities, I have always tried to play them with dignity.
I'm lucky to get jobs where I get these amazing film horses that make me look much better than I am.
People are human. There's such a premium today on being perfect. That's just not the way people are.
I have a lot of great memories, but I can't imagine anything more exciting than the life I have now.
As an actor and a fledgling director, I'm used to making snap decisions that I'll have to live with.
One says that money doesn't buy happiness. Without a doubt, one was speaking of the money of others.
An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.
I spent a lot of time flailing around, not really sure what I wanted to do, in my 20s and early 30s.
To be honest, you have to do a big Hollywood film to get enough money to do a good independent film!
Nothing beats Delhi when it comes to food. It has some fantastic restaurants and street-food joints.
I'm a romantic realist. I knew I would become a star, just as I know some day the bubble will burst.
I know a lot about the Battle of the Bulge, and a lot about World War II from 'Saving Private Ryan.'
The service meant so much to me. You don't know privileged I feel and how lucky I am to have served.
When I was in bed with Marilyn Monroe, I was never sure before, during or after, where her mind was.
I share every aspect of my life with the Internet. Whether or not that's a good thing, I don't know.
I believe it's easier to be an actor. Somehow, interviewing seems to be intrusive on people's lives.
When you mean a show like this, you have to say to me a show exactly like this, the way it was done.
I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time I know that I have to let it go.
I need six weeks of rehearsal and women need nine months and it took me 15 years to figure that out.