What's sad is that there is an addictive quality to that, to believing your own hype; to allowing yourself to become validated by others and no longer by yourself. That's the danger of celebrity

I just consider myself a committed actor. If a movie is a success, that's great; I'm happy for that. But I've learned just to concentrate on my job and do the best that I can.

There's the concept that if I do this big budget project, then that will help me do the things I really want to do and bring more money to those films.

I used to shy away from publicity so as not to let it get in the way of the work. But it's part of the job. The tabloids are a whole other arena. If fame happens, it happens. I just want to maintain focus

I've been allowed to grow over the past twenty years. I've managed to avoid being trapped in one moment of my career and for that, I'm very thankful

What an actor says is much, much less important than a life, so that's the great use for improvisation; you go, you find the life and then you add the words.

If you do improvising, it can sometimes end up being a waste of time. And if you do that, it's more or less based on a writing process.