I've got actor friends who didn't get breaks, who struggle and worry about things that I'm fortunate not to have to worry about.

One of the things I love, more than anything, is jumping around and playing lots of different parts. I love the variety of playing different characters.

Very often when you see families it's all perfect and neat, and parenting isn't like that. You do have constant negotiations. Things are ever developing and ever changing, and you constantly have to evaluate how you deal with your kids.

I don't like being consumed by work all the time. I consume myself so much when I do a part that I like to step away from it.

One of the things I'm most proud of about my career is the fact I've managed to keep options open.

If you are making a script based on a book it can be frustrating going back to the source novel, because you're turning the story into a totally different thing; the narrative of film is different from that of a book.

Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.