It's one of the most beautiful scripts [Brokeback Mountain] I've ever read, and it was Ang Lee, and at the time Heath [Ledger] was a friend of mine - before we even shot the movie - and always sort of alluring to me.

Even as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script.

It's funny to me that people find other people getting coffee really interesting, or walking their dog in the dog park.

I'm superstitious a little bit.

What world am I living in?' Aren't movies made to have something to say? Why make a movie if you don't have something to say? What are you doing it for? Are you doing it because you want to make a lot of money?

Every journey starts with fear.

I have a profound respect for cinematographers. That is my secret sauce. Like they are everything to me.