As an actor, I want to give in to the collaboration with the director because I don't want my work to be all the same. The more this can be done with comfort, the more variety my work has had.

I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.

You look at someone long enough, you discover their humanity.

In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right.

When you use a dialect, you worry that the people you're imitating will think you're making fun of them.

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

I don't believe in God now. I can still work up an envy for someone who has a faith. I can see how that could be a deeply soothing experience.