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.

I know something great will come around the corner, and that's what I'll be doing next.

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 was a film student. I became an actor but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally.

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

Page one of the script, I launch into, "How would I feel if I were in this position?" That's an actor's job.

What's fascinating about acting is that you put yourself in somebody else's mind or in their shoes.