Whatever you hold onto that you want to do, and that other people tell you you are foolish to want to do, don't give up..

Page one of the script, I launch into, "How would I feel if I were in this position?" That's an actor's job..

After my father had seen me in five or six things, he said, Son, your mother and I really enjoyed your recent film, and I must say that you're a lot ….

I don't need to prove that I'm some great international filmmaker. It's not really on my list of goals..

Growing up, Paul Newman seemed like the ultimate manly actor. And then, I got to work with him and we became friends, so that was nice..

I wish I could say I had some sort of master plan where one role leads to the next role, but a lot of it really is persistence and luck and being pre….

Every time I've made a plan in my Hollywood acting career, something else has happened, so I've gotten out of the habit of trying to predict the futu….

I wouldn't do anything else [besides acting], for sure. If I did, it would be music or some other pursuit in this same area. I have been acting and p….

I was a film student. I became an actor but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally..

What people actually refer to as research is really just Googling. I already have a complicated relationship with research. It used to be going to th….

Like everyone else, I try to do quality work with great directors. But much of it has to do with luck..

Even through my college years, I was trying out plays and shows, but I never really thought it made much sense to try to be an actor. I thought it wa….

I know something great will come around the corner, and that's what I'll be doing next..

What people actually refer to as research nowadays is really just Googling..

You know, what I like about 'The Family Tree' is it's a kitchen sink movie; you can't think of anything that it doesn't either throw into the story f….

What's fascinating about acting is that you put yourself in somebody else's mind or in their shoes..