There are standards. I like to be prepared, I guess I should say - that type of pressure of, "All right, now you go with abandon," you know. Now when you're in it, you let go of all the things - that's what happens when you're onstage.

Crazy people don't sit around wondering if they're nuts.

The amount of preparation I saw from someone like [David] Fincher, and how aware he is of everybody else's job on the set, and how much respect he has for every aspect of the film, and every aspect of the frame - that's the type of actor I am now; it's not the type of actor I was then. But without understanding his process, and then coming to learn it later on, I would never be the actor I am now.

I'm a very political person, and I make political choices in my movies.

Do you know what fear stands for? False Evidence Appearing Real.

As an actor, no matter what, you're at the whim of so many other people all the time.

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