I think the American electorate should work a little harder at getting informed. That includes hearing, truly listening, to what the other side is sa….

The biggest compliment I think an actor can get is I can't imagine anyone else in the role..

Give me good writing, and I'll play it all day..

Comedy is hard to do. All the cliches about it are true..

You know, its really strange now with the Internet, with everyone having an unsolicited, anonymous opinion..

On indies it's hard to do, but in rehearsals, you make mistakes in rehearsal. It's really hard rehearsing a play or what rehearsal you get on any mov….

Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be..

I would love to [do theater], but there are go-to girls for theater. I am learning that, upon moving to New York and inquiring. There are go-to girls….

Working with Jim Carrey is an absolute gas. I have never laughed so hard for so long. Had he been on-board for the sequel of Dumb & Dumber, I would'v….

I went to Walter Reed hospital a couple of times to visit wounded soldiers, kids with no legs and one arm. You start to question some things..

We're all capable of anything as human beings. Any emotion, any action. We really are..

I never starved. And you know, whatever talent I have, I've relied on that, versus image or star. I have just said, 'Hire me if you want somebody goo….

There is no best anything in art. Phillip [Hoffman] isn't better than Heath [Ledger]; Joaquin [Phoenix] isn't better than David [Strathairn] or Teren….

You see a lot of these movies that are really just 90-minute video games. The effects are incredible. I get it: There's an art to that, terrific. I'm….

I think Michigan keeps you sane and on an even keel through the ups and downs. In Michigan, I do fireworks, shovel snow and live life..

Nothing seems to matter but ourselves. That's not how I was brought up. I don't recognize the country I live in anymore..

Stars don't want to have flaws. Stars like to be likable..

I learned a long time ago that the show you're going to see isn't the one you have in your head. As soon as you understand that, you're going to enjo….

There are so many projects that you go into hoping the story works, and here comes a new third act and that kind of thing..

Are we just pretending to be unhappy so that we can add drama to our lives, so that we seem more substantial?.

There is no best anything in art..