One of the reasons a lot of actors go into the business is that for a short period of time, you get to be other people who you can only fantasize about being, by and large.

Actors are their own worst enemies. They quite often will get in their own way, and I have to be encouraged, endlessly, not to get in my own way.

If you're going to lead people, you better know how to manipulate people, and you have to be pretty smart to be able to do that.

To be brutally honest, I am a little bit of a Clint Eastwood nerd. Clint Eastwood who was the man who drew me into movies. When everybody else was watching Star Wars, I was watching Fistful of Dollars.

Ring tones are just irritating, aren't they?

One of the great things about being an actor is that you have a completely different challenge every few months.

My life is really precious. I don't want to spend it watching ambient TV that just drifts through you. I've got better things to do.