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I think the best actors are the most generous, the kindest, the greatest people and at their worst they are vain, greedy and insecure.

Actors are the best and the worst of people. They're like kids. When they're good, they're very very good. When they're bad they're very very naughty.

I think some of the best actors ever were little kids.

I hate the stereotype of the pitfalls of the child actor. There are so many amazing examples - Natalie Portman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jodie Foster, Drew Barrymore - of people who have made it through.

I think it's great to see how they've grown up, not just as actors but as people. They're still very much the same kids that I met many years ago. They've grown up and they are funny and wicked and naughty and bright, and I think as actors their work is just getting better and better. They've blossomed.

I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it.

Great actors are people who just meld into the part without calling attention to the fact that they are so-and-so doing this part. They may never become huge stars, but will always, in memory, stay respected actors.

Any good actor has to have a good sense of humour, too; they have to be able to manipulate people.

I've come to this conclusion: What makes a great actor is great need. A huge need of acting.

I think when someone becomes an actor, people say, Aw, you could see it in him when he was little. But I think you can see that quality in every little kid.