I'm crazy about the Coen brothers, I'm crazy about Sean Penn. I love the usual suspects like Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep and people like that.

I'm good at not laughing. It's not that I don't want to. I'm too old and experienced.

One of the things you learn at drama school is not to play the result, but just to play the moment.

I guess just a lively imagination is the best effort an actor can have.

No, I'm so well-known at home I think they think of me like a piece of comfortable furniture that's always been around that they're not going to throw out.

I think that's why we're always so fascinated with criminal stories because there but for the grace of God it could be us.

We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings'.