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

You take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That's magical. He's done a great thing.

I want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.

I’ve always been in the theater. I’ve always gone to it. That’s been my way to cope. Early on in my career, I remember running - fleeing - to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.

I learned to wrestle, I learned defensive fighting at a young age, because when someone hit me, I would throw up and fall down.

There has been a lot of self-doubt and unwelcome events in my life.

The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers.