I remember a few years ago I was sitting at home with my wife watching the Oscars. I was sitting on the couch and suddenly heard my voice. It's thrilling. It's interesting that a lot of guys do me. I have a friend who does me on his answering machine so when I call him I talk to myself. I don't really know what that comes from. It doesn't seem to me that I speak in a strange way. My wife says Kevin's (Spacey) the best.

I come from a show-business family, so wanting to become an actor never crossed my mind. It was just a part of my life.

I've never made a movie I wasn't surprised to see.

In rehearsal you have a good accident that you can repeat.In the movies if you have a good accident you hope the camera's running.

I always like to watch comics and it's interesting that you can tell if someone's funny in 10 seconds.

Obvious things like The Deer Hunter. After that happened, the scripts got better. Opportunities happened.

An actor really is a kind of intermediary between an audience and the piece, whether it's a play or movie.