I shaved my hairline back and dyed my hair and wore a little powder, a little paint, a fat suit, and I changed my voice, but the emotions were consistent with what the point of the scene [with Branch Rickey] was.

Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself.

The basic skill of an actor is, in fact, empathy, and that's maybe not a skill, it's a disposition. I am an assistant storyteller. I enjoy feeling useful to a team effort. It's my way of finding a use for myself, a utility in this world.

The only ambition I ever had going into and committing to wanting to be an actor was to live my life.

If people recognize me when I'm out in public, I'm very nice to them. I'm very nice to people even when they don't recognize me. I don't even mind if people come up to me while I'm eating dinner, but if they recognize me while I'm having sex, I refuse to sign autographs.

I had never even thought about doing something that I'd never done before or proving anything.

Romantic love is one of the most exciting and fulfilling kinds of love and I think there is potential for it at any stage of your life.