I think that we come to a greater understanding of the world we live in and ourselves through reading.

I was raised in the Church of Christ, which was a very abstinent faith. And I just didn't [drink] - there was never anything that I found seductive enough, I guess, to have a romance with it.

Control success before it controls you.

The future has a lot to do with the past.

Quality is timeless: It will clearly define itself.

I was very fortunate in having David Fincher, the director come to me. Now I've seen the finished product, I feel that every bit of the nine months we spent on the film was worth it.

Film acting has been a very pure experience, because you have to give the purest form of yourself as an artist.