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.

Because as an actor, I really feel you cannot judge a character. You have to totally commit to that character. And for me to totally commit to the character, I have to find those places where I understand the sequence of behavior.

What's so fascinating about people is what they don't show. People are masters at it; usually actors show too much.

I never got into this business thinking I'd be like a movie star.

Just play the moment, that's the fun of it. You just play the moment. It's great writing and very clever writing, I think it's witty. And I have those great clothes. You have a great, witty, intelligent script and you look like a million dollars, because we have a great costumer, and it's a pretty good place to begin.

As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the bottom line.

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