As a rule it usually takes three or four readings for me to be interested in a script, and if I'm interested I'll read it three or four times before I make a strong decision

Well, all I can say is thank goodness I had 15 years of theater before ever I did film roles. You build technique that you can rely on

You don't throw away a whole life just because it's banged up a little.

I like a very dry wit, not the big kind of humor like Robin Williams. I don't think I'm capable of that.

You jot down ideas, memories, whatever, concerning your real life that somehow parallels the character you're playing, and you incorporate that in your scene work.

Frankly, my politics are pretty left of left

I'm thrilled with my body of work.