I think I do want to go into politics. I really, really do. And I don't know if I will.

Great acting can be almost a psychotic mix of self-consciousness and unself-consciousness. And thats the terrible conflict. You have to be free to jump off into that volcano and you have to be pathologically self-conscious.

Everybody I've ever worked with - 99.9 percent of the time, I've had a successful or very agreeable experience with.

All those animals live a pretty dreary life, then they get chopped up and put on a griddle.

I think my exact comment was that if Bush won it would be a good time to leave the United States. I'm not necessarily going to leave the United States.

I'm a pretty loyal person.

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.