I do, however, have tape over my eyepiece as well. What I think my peace is saying isn't, "Oh I have something to hide. I don't want you to look," it….

An actor has to be very, very careful, as one of the most wonderful props - and actors love props - is a cigarette. There's so much to do with it: yo….

I'm a little bit of a glutton for punishment, especially when it comes to work. I don't mind a bit of suffering. I think it's in suffering that we re….

The power of television - it's so present in our lives, we don't even know how powerful it is..

As actors, emotion is the sand in the sandbox for us. Without emotion, there's nothing to play - and we are playing. We know that. Whether you think ….

I think the funny thing about acting for me - and I hold it in a very holy, spiritual way - not to be overly fundamentalist about it, but it's that i….

You can't really gauge the difficulties of television. There's difficulties and joys that happen with an amazing, great team, when one is working. Te….

As an actor, you live a little bit of a cloistered life. It's a lonely life. You oddly, strangely find yourself all alone, quite often, with a lot of….

One time, many, many years ago, I had the opportunity to dye my hair brunette for a film. And the day I walked out of the hotel where I had it done, ….

"I'm going to show you I haven't given you permission because clearly you're not grown up enough to understand that, not having given you permission,….

The climate informs the character..

I have some close friends I keep in touch with. I knit. I watch a little too much TV. I ski, if the weather's right for that. If I can find a group o….

I am a smoker, I'm ashamed to say. I had given it up for many years, then picked it up again. It's a horrible habit. I struggle with myself all the t….

I don't tend to use technology all that much. Of course, I can't avoid it - it's called the telephone nowadays. And I do a certain amount of email, w….

The director is the captain of the ship, without question. No matter what their talent or energy level is, everyone on the crew has all eyes on the c….

I have been known for almost 30 years to sort of do whatever comes my way. It's always been touch-and-go after each job finishes. I just like to be w….

That's probably the biggest secret of acting: If the actor believes it themselves, they can make you believe it..

I think this notion of acting and glamour is getting in everybody's way..

You have this certain about of responsibility to play a fictitious character and you have a script that's guiding you and the other information of th….

It's not exactly an interview that's going on [in documentary]. I guess we do ask Edward Snowden some questions and we're recording him answering the….

I am a smoker, I'm ashamed to say. I had given it up for many years, then picked it up again. It's a horrible habit. I struggle with myself all the t….