I only play projects with weird interpretations of presidents.

Maybe I'm naive, but I subscribe to the idea that nobody is actually making strategic decisions about their career. Trying to do that would be like playing three-card monte on Canal Street.

Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing.

You learn history in school, and you have a reverential feeling toward it. But by being irreverent, it feels current.

Every job is an opportunity to be a better person.

You think of George Washington, this man who was larger than life, and in some ways he was. But at the same time, he's just a person.

Even the greatest actors have had dry spells where they've wondered if they were going to work again.