There's things that I can do as an actor that I couldn't do in any other form of life and I've got a strange personality. But film requires strange people, so I've got a nice comfy home.

Viola [Davis] is one of the great actors of her generation. She has one of these moments in the theater that I don't even know how to describe.

I get nervous when a picture goes beyond two hours.

I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.

It's tricky with monologues, and I never like to use that word. Like I told the actors, you are talking to somebody; there is no such thing as a monologue.

I love research and being educated. It's a great job being able to step into all kinds of professions and into other people's shoes.

I asked my mother I said, "You divorced my dad, how did you decide? She said, "I decided twelve years before he knew it." I was like wow; I'm learning something new every day.