If people want to compare me to Danny DeVito, that's the biggest gift there is. I think Danny DeVito is fantastic.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've always felt that celebrity was wonderful for a lot of the perks that it could give you.
Celebrity is a gift. I'm very lucky.
Danny DeVito later told me that he knew he wanted me for 'Matilda' the second I walked in the door. I'm not sure if this is true, or if he was just being nice, but I was thrilled when I got it.
You know, Johnny Depp has always been a massive inspiration for me and he's somebody who has produced an incredible amount of work, and every single piece that he does is amazing.
It may sound strange to say it of someone so famous, but I think Leonardo DiCaprio is underrated, particularly from an awards perspective. He is a very versatile actor. He started very young, and 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape?' is one of my favourite films.
I don't consider myself to be particularly gifted in the way that other filmmakers are gifted.
I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
Daniel Radcliffe is one of the hardest working people I have ever encountered and someone that so loves what he's doing and so eager to learn and is so brilliant at what he does.
The thing about many celebrities - not all - is that they're fantastic actors.
I idolize Gene Hackman. He is not a natural star, not an incandescent personality like Jack Nicholson, but he makes luminous the problems of being an ordinary man in an extraordinary situation.