I got on stage and I went, "Oh wow. No stage fright." I couldn't do public speaking, and I couldn't play the piano in front of people, but I could act. I found that being on stage, I felt, "This is home." I felt an immediate right thing, and the exchange between the audience and the actors on stage was so fulfilling. I just went, "That is the conversation I want to have."

More and more movies have been pressured to allow reporters and TV cameras to come onto the set while you're working, and I find that a real violation

I'm basically talking to the audience, standing alone, describing the weather. It's very rudimentary, the dialogue, saying what the weather is like that day.

I get cold really quickly, but I don't care. I like weather. I never understand why people move someplace so that they can avoid weather.

Real quality in roles is very hard to come by. Any actor or actress will tell you that. Great movies are hard to come by. It's almost impossible to make one, and most people have to settle for making something less.

The rhythm of my career has always been very static, staccato and then silent, and then a lot of work, and then none

I've never had a career of that kind of box office power. I've always learned the hard way