Media runs the world, and it all changed, I think, when the debate between Kennedy and Nixon happened, and first of all we saw them on television, and that changed everything.

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

I really am a character actor, in my heart of hearts, because I really do like developing characters and painting a past for them.

In the consciousness of the end is the limitation of the moment.

I think the most important thing for an actor is to stay current and stay relevant, and those are probably the hardest things to do.

People behave badly and people are in prison and people are on death row, and there are no excuses for everybody's behavior, but most people are coming from abuse.

L.A. is still such a fascinating place to me, so big and diverse. It's so spread out that you can go from Zuma to downtown and there's really like 10 different towns in between.