As I've gotten older I've become a devotee of 19th-century authors, such as Charles Dickens and George Eliot.

I kind of dread any kind of critical response, just because it's always painful in some way. Even if it's 80 percent good, it's the 20 percent that's bad that you remember - and that's a higher number than I usually get, 80 percent would be amazing.

There's two things I gotta do. One is, I gotta update my resume. And then, I have to call my mother.

The critical mind is the creative mind.

Actually, I have an interest in finishing my Ph.D., but I just know I never will.

My favorite parts of work as an actor and a director are those unplanned mistakes that do happen, because it's like catching lightning in a bottle. It's the best part of what we do.

I'll instinctively know that I identify with a character.