Acting can be a really silly thing. It's like playing dress-up..

I feel like in a lot of ways I've gotten kind of soft as an actor, not doing stage stuff. In terms of being a better actor, it's really important..

I don't think I gave a good enough performance to be nominated for it. I thought I gave a fine performance, but those things are supposed to be about….

It is because my dad died suddenly that I became an actor. I thought, I'm going to make money doing this thing I enjoy..

Lead roles are fun, but I'm especially happy other, more colorful supporting stuff has come along..

Academia is a rarified culture, especially an Ivy League academic background..

I mean, I'm not going to play the hero of something..

I suppose there must be some way in which I'm compelled to show some side of myself - or of people - that's paranoid and fraught and beleaguered and ….

And I asked my mother 'can I touch the lady in the water? And she said yes I could, but I had to touch Mommy first. And then I asked, 'Mom, can I dat….

I get a fair amount of time between projects, which is great. It takes me awhile to start getting nervous about getting another job again. I don't mi….

I always would be happy to make a character even more unlikable, but you know, there's a limit and if you go there, you get into a very different kin….

My definition of likeable may be different from other people's. That's not traditional likeable. Sympathy is a different thing [to define it]..

I have a son who's been raised Jewish because his mom is Jewish. I have a whole different set of holidays to celebrate. Everybody is thrown together ….

As an actor, to have achieved financial stability is amazing. But I always have this weird fear that I'm not going to get any more work; it's about n….

I felt like I did lots of crappy work in the past. I can't even tell..

I definitely have a tendency to only see the blemishes of things, and see lots of things about my acting that I don't like..

Well, you know, when people say stuff about you, it's always really flattering. But does it mean anything to me? It's not really real to me; there's ….

I still want to be the guy who can get on the subway and check out the freak on the subway..

I don't think film actors need training, really..

I was the youngest child and got a lot more freedom than my brother and sister. I used to wander, doing my own thing under the radar, but I didn't ge….

I wouldn't say that I'm aggressive in going out to find work and stuff like that. I just sort of, if something comes along, and it's something I like….