Whatever you hold onto that you want to do, and that other people tell you you are foolish to want to do, don't give up.

After my father had seen me in five or six things, he said, Son, your mother and I really enjoyed your recent film, and I must say that you're a lot like John Wayne. And I said, How so? And he said, Well, you're exactly the same in all your roles. Now, as a modern American actor, that's not what you want to hear. But for a guy who watched John Wayne movies and grew up in Iowa, it's a sterling compliment.

I don't need to prove that I'm some great international filmmaker. It's not really on my list of goals.

Like everyone else, I try to do quality work with great directors. But much of it has to do with luck.

Whatever you hold onto that you want to do, and that other people tell you you are foolish to want to do, don't give up.

Every time I've made a plan in my Hollywood acting career, something else has happened, so I've gotten out of the habit of trying to predict the future.

What people actually refer to as research nowadays is really just Googling.