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

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 played guitar. I've always considered myself an actor, but I wasn't making a living as an actor. So I was in a couple of folk groups that managed to keep me in underwear and burritos.

For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle, confronting some stern and faceless judge who would condemn me to a pit of hell if I didn't achieve the "zone," if even for a moment. Not a particularly happy place to work from.

I know that if I can't move people, then I have no business being an actor.

I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?

Is it possible to have an endless series of successes without falling on our faces? I suppose it is, but I think it would entail doing the same things over and over again without taking chances, without taking risks or exploring our limits, without finding out what we can and can't do.