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 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.

I used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that people did moved me, and certain things didn't move me, and I tried to analyze, even at that age, six and seven and eight, why I was moved by certain things they did

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

Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.

My favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning.