My philosophy about the whole thing is that awards are like gifts: it's lovely to receive them, and it is very bad form to covet them.

I always think it's better to take a smaller role in a great film rather than a leading role in something that you don't have complete faith in.

They say that theater is the actor's medium, television is the writer's medium and film is the director's medium, and it's really true.

The landscape of cinema is not original. Not to say there aren't great movies being made, but it's much easier for studios to make movies that have built-in audiences. So it's all remakes, adaptations, a lot of remakes of adaptations.

It's hard to smoke a pipe, and it's actually kind of brutal. It burns your mouth and your throat, and to keep it lit.

I have too many control issues, so it just is not good for me to go and watch a film, too soon after I make it.

I obviously am cognizant of the fact that being handsome gives me greater breadth of opportunity. I'd hope that what I bring to the table far surpasses just being handsome.