I think that Barack Obama faces a level of divisiveness, and I don't mean on a national level in terms of the North and the South and the Civil War; ….

I don't think movies or television have any basis in reality at all. It's all just pretend. That's what's fun about it..

Working in theater, film or television are three different jobs for an actor, and I accept them as such..

Growing up, I didn't have any comic books, at all. But my friend had a trunk full of them, so comic books were like candy for me. I would go over to ….

If I dont need the money, I dont work. Im going to spend time with my family and friends, and Im going to travel and read and listen to music and try….

It's necessary to readjust and then try again. And then readjust and try again. Fathers have to do that with sons and mothers have to do that with da….

Every film you work on is different, and that's part of what it's like for anybody who works on a film, is to learn how to work with others. Learn fr….

You know, when you choose to make your living as an actor, it's all fine and good to look at it as some kind of artistic endeavor. At its best, it is….

I look for things that are very different from my life, and that are curious and idiosyncratic to me. And then, I like to find if I'm able, just a li….

For me, when working on a film or play or television show, everything for me starts with the screenplay and I am devoted to that and that is what I w….

People who supported Obama felt like they formed a relationship, that they were being spoken to. The way that campaign worked and the way he's worked….

Acting is easy and fun. You earn a lot of money, and you bang out with girls. The profession is given tremendous significance within our society, but….

The script is the coloring book that you’re given, and your job is to figure out how to color it in. And also when and where to color outside the lin….

Fear plays an interesting role in our lives. How dare we let it motivate us. How dare we let it into our decision-making, into our livelihoods, into ….

Sometimes with people their work is the most important thing to them, and sometimes the work enables you to do other things that are more important t….

I think also there's no question that Lincoln has been diluted down through history in some way, almost by becoming as iconic as he is, in a way he's….

I grew up a Red Sox fan. I grew up going to Fenway Park and the Museum of Fine Arts and the Science Museum and Symphony Hall and going to the Common,….

I'd like to thank the academy and I'd like to thank my mother and I'd like to thank my mother again, because I forgot to thank her last year..

Acting is a great way to make a living, especially when I consider what my alternatives were and probably still are. I mean, you are only making movi….

I played cops and robbers and pirates and all the rest when I was a kid, but I didn't want to grow up and be an actor and play cops and robbers and p….

I lost interest in firearms because we had a dog that was scared to death of the sound of a rifle shot..