There is a gambling element to being somebody who is going to take on the job of constantly trying to represent and prop up people who might be somewhat shady. That notion is probably part of how they got the rap. But, I have to find the balance of being colorful, being at times despicable, and also being somebody who does believe in something.

Jack Nicholson is fairly gifted. We were at the Sistine Chapel, and everybody went from looking straight up to looking across the room at him.

You don't get to pick your partners in families; you get assigned a seat at the table.

When you have a director who has work you can identify from the past, it gives you some reference point as to what their interpretation of the story might be, and how that might jibe, right or wrong, with how you see it. But with a first-time director, you don't really know where you're at.

I was always explaining why my term papers were never on time. I think that's where I got my acting training!

My adolescence was all tits and champagne. I'm downplaying the magic of it all.

I've always thought Mexico City was incredibly dynamic.