Everyone I meet is in my sangha. I don't know if that's the proper definition, but that's the way I'm going to hold it in my mind.

Fame really works against actors, in a way, because our anonymity is a wonderful thing for us.

The more nervous you get, the more worried you get about something... Maybe you just need to take a nap.

Sometimes you feel you're making something really special and when it comes out you might still feel that way but for some reason it doesn't get the audience. So many things have to come together to get a creatively successful and financially successful film.

We're here for such a short period of time.

You always hear people say that having kids changes everything, but you can't fully realize it until you have children yourself.

One of my favorite artists is Tom Waits, whom most people think of as a wonderful singer-songwriter and a great poet. I certainly think of him that way, but I also know him as a terrific actor. You know, that persona that he puts on when he's doing his music comes from being an actor, figuring out a persona.