You know, 1% of us is in the armed forces, protecting the other 99, and they're all volunteers.

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.

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.

If it doesn't feel like a job and I'm learning something and getting that rush that I get, I don't care if it's behind a camera, on a TV set, or on the moon.

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

I only play projects with weird interpretations of presidents.