I think there are certain actors that have that kind of energy about them, that taking over a room energy.

Ismail Merchant was just the most seductive, passionate, outrageous, driven, genius of a man.

And those moments that I find mind busting. Meaning like there's a word that I find in a weird place. I love the process of going to the writer and working that out, because that's just basic communication.

I'm an actor, that's my contribution.

I've been sacrificing my life for my work for 30 years, and now I want it the other way around. I want to find work that fits into my life and that would be based here.

I think there's something thrilling about going into a movie house and seeing everything on such a huge screen. I think we're in a culture now that is confronted with various sizes of screens, the biggest movie houses and then the smallest iPods.

When I hear that somebody's difficult, I think, Oh, I can't wait to work with them.