I love scenes that are just emotional give and take. By the same token action sequences are great to do. They have their own unique demands and requi….

When Steven Spielberg comes calling, it behooves you to seriously consider it..

On some level acting is the art of pretend and you have to have a highly cultivated sense of imagination. You have to be able to see things that aren….

I am very fond of the people, landscape, poetry, music, history and the Guinness. Being there makes me think of my mother and my grandmother - always….

My philosophy is, 'Show up, shut up, and do your job,' and if you do it to the satisfaction of your director and the public, you're likely to be able….

I always have a contract with a character. Even when he's unappealing. The contract is to give him his due. To tell his story. And to keep his secret….

I have a penchant for playing God's clowns. Actually, I played Nijinsky once, and he used to call himself God's clown..

I am very happy acting, and just have never gone at, or been bitten by the directing bug to the extent where I'm willing to put acting aside. If offe….

The truth is, I'm a character guy. That's how I see myself. I always see the role as being far more interesting and important than I am... not all ac….

Hamlet, that's the only role there is, finally. The only role. After that, you settle down and only do the fun things on stage..

What has emerged as I've gotten older is simplifying the characters I play, unless the role calls for something that is arcane or ornate..

I can't imagine a more profoundly exciting experience than I had working on 'Avatar.' And whether I'm ever part of it again, I'll always be very prou….

As you get older, stuff starts to wear down. I can't play four basketball games a week anymore. It takes me three days to recover from one. I'm a lit….

Acting can be a very reactive profession. Acting is a fantastic thing, and it's my life, but writing is also part of me too, so I did it and in so do….

My advice to actors? To successful actors, it's, "sock it away," and unsuccessful actors, it's just, "Just keep at it. Don't do it unless you have to….

With correction, and given the chance, 'Terra Nova' can and will deliver seasons of transcendent images and story-telling. 'Terra Nova' is the Hubble….

Your primary tools, as an actor, are observation and imagination. You can pretty much get everything you need from that, and you do. It brings back t….

I've always been curious as to why one man jumps out of a fox-hole with a grenade and charges a machine gun nest and his buddy, who sits right there ….

I don't believe that being against the war can be equated with being non-supportive of our troops..

My Hamlet was about as alienated as you can get. Mine was a bitter and lonely prince. Valid, I think, but maybe tough to root for. I think that roman….

My job, professionally, is tapping into stuff. We've all got it. But, I just am fortunate enough that, beyond the age of 11, it's what I do professio….