Well, I always try to look at my characters as being better than I am. That's one of the reasons I guess I became an actor - because you get to create a persona that's bigger or better or more interesting than your own.

Actors, lots of times, are great when they have great parts. For me, a lot of times, it's been the part.

It was quite a ride and very conflicting for me, too - to be nominated for an Oscar, to be straight and healthy, and to be getting all these accolades while these people around me were suffering and dying from AIDS.

I'm over there filming in South Africa now, and two in five are HIV-positive now. Not many people know that.

A good actor is somebody who can be truthful and fascinating and interesting and enlightening.

I think tolerance is something everybody needs to be reminded of, especially in a reactionary political world. Well, actually, I should say, a reactionary political climate.

I love villains. You know, I am a character actor, and any chance to get to play a really outrageous villain. I like to play that.