I'm not going to let anyone make it seem like being gay is a bad thing.

My father taught me about having principles and how to treat people with respect. My aunt also taught me how to keep a perspective on everything that happens to you. So you learn to be humble and not take your success for granted.

I do happen to have a good life... But I also like to work. I feel like I got the brass ring and I got very lucky in this.

I have a picture of a rainy Paris street scene which I bought when I was 33 and on my first trip to Paris. I go past it when I go upstairs every night and it reminds me of that trip and makes me happy

I have a real interest in pushing some of the limits of things that studios don't want to make.

George Clooney likes to talk about himself in the third person mostly. He's always enjoyed it. Listen, I don't like to think in those terms, where you just have to completely separate yourself one from the other.

My father ran for Congress in 2004, and I got a sense that there is no way to achieve much success without a certain amount of compromise.