No matter what you do or where you are, you're going to be missing out on something.

If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you're doing something else or not. You can be connected with community theater or make your own little movies. But, if you want to be a movie star, you've got a tough road ahead of you.

But one of the things I learned from improvising is that all of life is an improvisation, whether you like it or not. Some of the greatest scientific discoveries of the 20th century came out of people dropping things.

I don't love the business. I never wanted to be a part of it. I don't think any actor does. Most of the time, I've been really fortunate to work with people who are really fun to work with. It doesn't mean we don't take it seriously, but no one is under the delusion (that we're) bringing world peace.

Either you're growing or you're decaying; there's no middle ground. If you're standing still, you're decaying.

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.

Every physicist knows that things connect with each other. To isolate things is not the way the universe works - winning best actor is arbitrary.