When I come up against a director who has a concept that I don't agree with, or maybe I just haven't thought of it or whatever, I'd be more prone to go with them than my own because I want to be out of control as an actor, I want them to have the control, otherwise it's going to become predictably my work, and that's not fun.

There are major influences on us that people are not aware of. There are big lies that nobody's willing to discuss.

I love discourse. I'm dying to have my mind changed. I'm probably the only liberal who read Treason, by Ann Coulter. I want to know, you understand? I like listening to everybody. This to me is the elixir of life.

Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great "literateur" of his time.

Comedy is more difficult. You can look at scenes when you're doing a drama like, “Maybe it works,” but in comedy, when you're doing it, either it works or it doesn't. You have to keep doing it until it does, and the requirement is more.

When we make mistakes they call it evil. When God makes mistakes they call it Nature!

I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself.