I didn't have a lot of independent film connections. It really took until the digital film revolution came along that I realized that I could do it myself.

I've got an odd, negative bond with C. Montgomery Burns. He reminds a lot of people of bosses they've worked for. He certainly reminds me of someone I'm working for.

I wasn't playing Nixon's satirical stick figure. I was playing Nixon the man. As an actor, I felt I had to get to the deeply flawed humanity of the guy.

The first thing you've got to do is know your craft, and then you can do something else with it.

The hardest work most of us do is maintaining the appearance of normality.

Privilege has its own way of seeing the world. It's not about the kind of people they are; it's about the situation they're in.

The act of getting married, stripped of the necessity to have a secure setting to raise children, seems to me no less grim than registering your emotions with the government.