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

I probably have to move out of New York. I just can’t live in New York anymore.

I'm a pretty loyal person.

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

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.

When I told my parents, 'I'm going to be an actor,' they screamed and wept and freaked out.

I don't think acting is addictive. If I stopped acting tomorrow, I really wouldn't care. If you told me that I would have to sell real estate in New York City to look after my family, that would be fine with me.