“I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different.”

“I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.”

“Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.”

“Some of the greatest actors have turned superheroes into a serious business: Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson in 'Batman' Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, the first venerable knights of the X-Men, who have now passed the baton to Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy.”

“There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.”

“Well, a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don't love.”

“The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead.”

“There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.”

“Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.”

“I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.”