Things are never going to turn out how you think they will.

All I can say is if the part doesn't delight me in some way, or I can't feel any compassion for it, I just can't do it.

I've always considered myself an actor, but I wasn't making a living as an actor.

I had a hard time treating my field as if it’s horse racing, putting actors in competition against each other. I see how the industry and the studios feel it’s important, but I don’t really have a feeling for being in competition. I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.

I gotta keep busy. I'm not happy unless I'm working on two, three things.

There's a familiarity that sometimes shocks and annoys the hell out of me. People want a relationship with you that they haven't earned.

[The business is] more corporate and more formulaic and less experiential.