Once you understand that someone has Tourette and that they can't help their tics, it takes away the distraction. And you can engage your compassion. You feel for them. You embrace them.

I did a movie with Clint Eastwood and I knew I wasn't going to be able to 'out-man' him.

As much as they deny it, I think people want to be scared. It's a phenomenon, why people want to be scared when there is so much violence and craziness in the world. People still really enjoy being scared. It's a conundrum to me. It's hard to explain. It's an unconscious thing, really, why people like that so much.

Jerry Bruckheimer really is an executive producer, who obviously is the most successful producer in the history of film and television.

Style is innate to who I am. My father gave me a picture the other day. I must have been about seven, and I had on wing-tip shoes and some cool pants. I thought, 'Wow!'

Most of the time people are aiming so low on television. They're trying to reach that common denominator, especially on network television.

My theory about actors is we're all walking milk cartons. Expirations dates everywhere.