Getting older is hard.

Soaps are the best. They really are. If you can do a soap, well, you can do anything. You have to learn pages of dialogue very quickly.

If I add a negative element to the piece, you are not a villain necessarily but you bring a stronger, more negative aspect to the film, and if you don't do that, the film goes off balance where you can't worry about likability, you have to come in and play the part the best way that you can.

I wanted to be president of the United States. I really did. The older I get, the less preposterous the idea seems.

I wanted to work with Cate Blanchett. She is one of the five greatest movie actresses of her generation.

To be in this business and have tremendous integrity and only make distinguished choices is very tough.

Let's face facts, this is visual medium, there's a very high premium put on people who are good-looking. But the minute you rely on that you get yourself in trouble. You certainly don't make a career out of that anymore as an actor.