"Playing a character who's dealing not only with a superpower but having a normal relationship is easy to associate with, because I feel that everyone has been through it."

"Our first scene is sort of a reunion between the X-Men characters, which establishes everyone's relationship to one another, sort of like a recap for all those who have forgotten since the last movie."

"I didn't need clothes. I was allowed the opportunity to act out moments you don't get the opportunity to experience in your own life, let alone as a character in a film. I didn't feel naked."

"My goal was just to work regularly. I didn't ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor."

"Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel."

"No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent."