First lead [in a movie] requires a different approach like trying not to give it all away in the first scene. It is a skill, a learned skill.

Studios are run by those who are way too old or mostly young, who don't think creatively.

Anybody can call me Jamie, and you have to watch it when you call me James. Then there's going to be a problem.

I started in theatre. I was at Cleveland and I went to London for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.

The risks of transporting deadly nuclear waste, the environmental justice impacts and the long-term health effects of both these projects are untenable...We cannot afford to be silent on these important issues.

I prefer to have playback, but sometimes, you can't have that under most circumstances. First, it is expensive because you need a playback operator and secondly, it threatens a lot of directors. I only watch my performance. I see what is necessary for me so that I can see it right at the moment and I can fix it. That appeals to me a great deal.

I don't look like a leading man, whatever they look like. It's changing a little.