You must lose everything in order to gain anything.

The woman is the reflection of her man

We in America have some grand ideals - and some very strong ideals - but a lot of times, those ideals are used for marketing.

Family comes first so I only have this specific window of time available to me and because of that I actually get more done.

I'm actually very snobbish about directors. I have to say no all the time. 'No' is the most powerful word in our business. You've got to protect yourself… To leave home, it's got to be worth leaving. It's got to be worth it.

Once you get older, you get a little closer to yourself, intimate. I've always been very aware of that, more conscious of who I am, how I fit in the thing as opposed to trying to emulate someone else. Though, sometimes I try to emulate De Niro all the time, who is someone I could never be.

The greatest thing an actor can experience is discovery. The greatest thing an artist can walk away with is to learn something about themselves and the world and this was one of those.