Skinniness is not your friend when you're over 40. I'd like to gain a good 10 pounds, but I did always have a fat, round face that plagued me when I was young. When I started to make movies, I couldn't look at myself.

A successful marriage isn't necessarily one that lasts until you're dead.

There is a certain androgyny to my appeal.

I don’t want to be a mentor in my bedroom.

I studied acting for 10 years before I went for an audition. I studied with Lee Strasberg and Actors Studio teachers, and went to the High School of Performing Arts.

Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.

'Normal Heart' was my most transcendent moment as an actor.