People think because I went to Yale that that implies privilege, and it is a privilege in the sense that it's an incredible opportunity.

When I was very small, I had that first-time-you-see-a-play experience, which immediately made me want to act, because it seemed like this incredible outlet for something I was already doing fairly compulsively anyway, which was putting on hats and costumes and doing funny voices. It was a very natural compulsion for me.

People say you can't make movies about your politics or the environment. And, generally speaking, I completely divide those sides of my brain.

Suspension of disbelief and that whole question is part of the heart of the 'Leaves of Grass'movie.

It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you.

With Edward Norton you'd never say, "This is the one we're going with whether you like it or not." It has to be agreed upon.

Everyone keeps saying the western's dead, but it's not.