You hear the same work by different orchestras, different conductors, violinists, pianists, singers, and slowly, the work reveals itself and begins to live deeper in you.

When something really extreme happens, you have to find a way to embrace that and include it in how you think about the character. Sometimes it's not easy.

There are a couple of roles I haven't played that I want to. I would love to play Shiloh.

Every time I hear, Cut. Print, something cold and electrical goes off in my head, because I'm never going to change that film.

I love pulling people into concert halls who might not otherwise go and getting their ears tuned.

I had a meeting in LA in which they took a really overstuffed hour and a half. It was as close to old Hollywood as I remembered it in the last 20 years.

Writing is hard work. Generating stories that catch people's attention and holding it are very difficult.