Hollywood A-List Quotes

When I got the invitation to be part of 'The Ghost' or 'The Ghost Writer,' as it's now known, from Mr. Roman Polanski, my interest level was very piqued. I was very excited and pleased to get such an offer from Mr. Roman Polanski.

I never really thought of myself as being an action hero or a leading man or any of that. I'm a character actor.

Viola Davis should be a household name. So should Angela Bassett.

Every year, you can depend on having at least a couple really exciting Nicole Kidman performances, and that's a rare thing.

Most actresses save their best gown of the award season for the Academy, so it truly is a red carpet full of the fashion's creme de la creme.

Rob Hardy is such a great director.

The only difference from one $100 million budget film to another is which of the 12 box stars are getting $20 million to be in it.

I was at the Emmys, and someone told me that I'd gotten more applause than Brad Pitt. I said, 'Who's he?'

I would like to be in a really big, successful film - boffo, spectacular, $500 million!

If I took over the 'Glamour' offices for a day, I would put Joe Pesci on the cover. I would say 'We've got to change all these magazines a little bit. We have to bring out a different version of what is, like, cool. You know, what's winning. Joe Pesci, Burt Reynolds.'

I really look up to Amy Adams, who I got to work with, Meryl Streep, and Angelina Jolie.

Jim Brooks is a very powerful director and it was a lot of intense work.

I don't think I have ever worn more outfits over the course of four days than I did Emmy weekend. You barely sleep. You don't eat.

George Clooney and Brad Pitt, with those 'Oceans' films they do, they get to work together, make a whole lot of money, and make a major film statement. Imagine if once a year, myself, Denzel Washington, Laurence Fishburne, James Earl Jones, we did some relevant film together to make a statement.

Julia Roberts is a favorite. Everybody loves her in the Hollywood community. The public adores her.

I was working with the likes of Steve McQueen, Matthew McConaughey, Viola Davis, just running the gamut.

Truth is, we offered it to Tom Hanks, which pretty much every movie in America does, but Tom passed. Billy Bob said that Hanks recently called and said he's voting for all of us for Oscars, he loved the film.

Graham Yost is a genius, and I know that very well because we worked together on 'Band of Brothers' and 'Boomtown.'

I've always kinda wanted to work with Morgan Freeman, Tom Cruise, and people like that. Probably Will Smith, too.

Barack Obama did tell me that I was one of Michelle Obama's favorite actors.

Robert Pattinson is an incredibly gifted actor. Every role that Pattinson plays is a contender for an acting award.

When you have a movie that has big stars in it... like, Will Smith does a great job in 'I Am Legend,' and it's a magnetic performance, but he's always Will Smith. That's not his fault. That's not anyone's fault. He's the center of it, and he's a movie star. But when you see something like 'Jurassic Park,' Sam Neill is Alan Grant.

My favorite red carpet jewelry is by Alberto Parada, who designed my Oscar jewelry, as it's modern yet old school at the same time.

On the red carpet, I saw all these great stories, and I also got to see the plastic surgery up close.

What impresses me is the young actors with terrific talent arriving on the scene. They'd have blown us all away in the old days. Guys like Brad Pitt.