But in order to be the thing you want to be, you have to work like a dog at the thing you love.

I watch actors destroy themselves by trying to get it right.

At this point in my career, I can stand shoulder to shoulder with an actor my age who has chosen to do really awful things, and he will get a job over me.

When asked what it takes to succeed in the acting profession, Bette Davis would answer, "The courage to be hated."

It's also easy to fall back into what's familiar, what feels safe, what you've done before.

I'd always felt a man should marry later in life.

There is a thing called the death wish, a literal thing. It doesn't mean you want to die. It just means however we're built, as we get into these years, some inner part of you does begin to accept the fact that you're heading towards the end, and there's a peace that comes with that.