Heath [Ledger] was always somebody who I admired.He was way beyond his years as a human, in a way.

When I was 19, I thought [Brokeback Mountain] was going to be the best movie ever made. And everyone was going to see it and it was just going to be incredible. And then nobody saw it and it didn't get bought at Sundance. And it was a really great experience. Humbling. And then it's since found its way.

I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to

Every journey starts with fear.

I don't think I'm sharp enough to not prepare and come on set and kill it.

I was brought up, and my sister too, with two people who were always saying, "What you do is really nowhere near as important as the things that are going on in the world, and if your work needs to reflect that, or you want it to, then you need to strive for a certain type of excellence."

I think that we all have within us the potential for almost anything. If we play close attention to our lives, then we can get at it somehow.