It is very possible that I could have ended up on 80 acres of land by myself, and fallen in love at a distance with a gorgeous woman I could never ha….

The oceans are pretty unexplored places and the final frontier on our planet; also because they're the source of life. There are dramatic things happ….

I mean I don't think it got me interested in acting. I think it might be what makes it so that I can have the idea of the variety of people in the wo….

I don't really worry about being typecast much. I mean, everyone in Hollywood is typecast to a degree..

You want to do something, you want to have the bravery to do something original. And there will always be people who are like, the classicists who ar….

To me, one of the main things that a director does is create the tone of his movie..

Even a good politician, someone who is very ambitious, chooses not to see trouble..

I like to work as an actor. Not just for money, but because I really enjoy acting..

I always think change is important in a character. The most dynamic choices that you can make for a character are always the best ones..

I tend to lose my performance energy the longer things go on for, so I'm always best on the very first take..

I don't spend a lot of time judging anyone I play. Even if their function in the script is to be the villain, I concentrate on what their perspective….

Depending on what stage I'm at in my career, I either work or don't work because I've been offered one thing..

If no one on the movie has met me before or knows me, that's the easiest. I don't do a lot of things that don't relate to being the person. I will tr….

I've always looked at the world as a place where people have done evil things. There are people in the world, for instance, that would describe Ameri….

Who would I least want to hang out with? Probably John Lotter. I guess I have a place of understanding for everyone I've played..

Words are words, but the way an actor says them, the way it's framed, puts you either in the world that looks a lot like ours or one that doesn't see….

The only way to silence a room that's laughing at you is to sort of take over..

I like anything that is like an obstruction, something that I have to act through is good..

I would like to sail across the Atlantic. I would like the experience of being that far away from land..

If you go in and audition for roles rather than just be offered them, then you kind of get a chance to kind of discover that you can do something tha….

Four hours of makeup, and then an hour to take it off. It's tiring. I go in, I get picked up at two-thirty in the morning, I get there at three. I wa….