Do you know that moment when you paint a landscape as a child and, when you're maybe under seven or something, the sky is just a blue stripe across the top of the paper? And then there's that somewhat disappointing moment when the teacher tells you that the sky actually comes down in amongst all the branches. And it's like life changes at that moment and becomes much more complicated and a little bit more boring, as it's rather tedious to fill in the branches.

What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves.

Give me a window and I'll stare out it.

Los Angeles is not a town full of airheads. There's a great deal of wonderful energy there.

Actors are actually very supportive of each other.

The first time that I came to New York to work properly was the mid-'80s, but I was doing eight shows a week. You have no life. Going to a punk rock club - or whatever the music was at that time - would not have been on my agenda.

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.