Something I don't like seeing in other people is naked ambition, when somebody is really pushing hard to get to where they want to be. That's the way I look at that word - like you must be stepping on someone to get there. And I've never been comfortable with that.

You won't find a better young actor than Jaeden Lieberher. I ended up having one of the best times with him, really. Going to work with him every day was a treat.

I couldn't bear a marriage in which one partner hinges on the other.

The theater's a live thing, and film is, to some extent, a discipline where you're putting everything together and trying to execute something exactly. You do it away from people and then you present it at the end.

Movies are certainly a director's medium, so getting the opportunity to work with really good directors is everything to me.

Death frees the beast.

After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo.