The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.

What's this thing that gets between us and Shakespeare?

There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

We start to realize that there are anodynes in life that help us through the day. I don't care if it's a walk in the park, a look out the window, a good bubble bath - whatever. Even a meal you like, or a friend you want to call. That helps us solve all this stuff in our head.

I'm naturally shy but I've done this [movie Salomaybe] so much and you get better at it than you would think.

The play is the source, it is orchestrated with words. In a movie, you are not dealing with as much as that. There are machines and wires. When you're acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back.

My grandfather was a provider. Work, any kind of work, was the joy of his life. So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.