The thing I'm absolutely convinced of, no matter how crazy - technological the world is getting, is that people feel more connected through the good works. Entertainment, and the sort of soporific effect it has on people and their stress, is one thing.

I get heartbroken flying into L.A. It's just this feeling of unspecific loss. Can you imagine what the San Fernando Valley was when it was all wheat fields? Can you imagine what John Steinbeck saw?

No, I'm not a very methodologically pure actor.

In drama, I think, the audience is a willing participant. It's suspending a certain kind of disbelief to try to get something out of a story.

I tend to relate to a character in terms of the arc: what's interesting is where he starts versus where he ends up.

Sometimes we don't see certain things until we're ready to see them in a certain way.

My generation is having its midlife crisis in its 20s.