I'm no different to anyone else; I want people to like me. I just don't particularly want them to understand me..

Film is fragmented and gets into lots of other people's hands. There are a lot of pleasures that theatre gives me. You get to perform uninterrupted..

I want to work with people who are good at what they do, and people who are passionate..

I don't think people want to see me as a regular guy. Besides, I'm a regular guy in real life. I guess I just want to be reckless in my work..

You can be intuitive when you've got a more expansive role. You can get into the poetry of telling the story rather than just pushing buttons..

When I was a kid I was very interested in the idea of the will, finding out what you're capable of. I liked those kind of challenges..

I've never had any close male friends. The most important relationships in my life have always been with women..

Action breeds inspiration more than inspiration breeds action..

I guess they often cast me as the bad guy, because I'm not, er, conventional looking. I look sort of violent. I'm the odd one out, the outsider..

Sometimes I think women are lucky because they can develop in ways men can't. The old-boy network may be oppressive to women, but it actually stunts ….

I set myself challenges every time I work. Ideally I approach everything as though it's the first time - with a beginner's mind and an amateur's love..

Weirdness is not my game. I'm just a square boy from Wisconsin..

The worst thing is to get involved with people who aren't passionate about what they're doing..

I never act. I simply bring out the real animal that's in me..

There's a real wisdom to not saying a thing..

I think on some level, you do your best things when you're a little off-balance, a little scared. You've got to work from mystery, from wonder, from ….

You have to lose yourself to find yourself..

I'm learning in my old age that the only thing you can do to keep your sanity is to stay in the moment..

Turn off the sound in a movie, and if you can tell what's going on, the movie should work..

Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize about a world we aspire to..

When you have something to work with, then you fly with it..