So I think if you're happy with your brain, you're powerful.

Well, you know, with every character, if you're going to expose yourself, you've got to figure out every detail that you're going to play. So there's no character that you can just go put on his shirt and be fully prepared.

I'm not interesting enough on my own that you'd want to see a film about me.

I can't not put humor in a book.

Acceptance is going to a restaurant where the salad's not great, but the steak is fine.

I'm a member of the Academy, but I don't know who all the other Academy members are. It's not like a politician who knows who is in the Iowa caucus.

I'm not a big fan of the post-Armageddon stories, where Denzel Washington is walking around in a torn coat.