You've got to take care of yourself on the path, not just when you cross the goal line, because don't forget, wherever you are, that's the goal line.

Poverty is a very complicated issue, but feeding a child isn't.

I wish I were more disciplined.

You don't really have to do the things that your character is doing. But us actors, we use something called sense memory. I've certainly been drunk before, and part of my job is to recall that without getting drunk.

I like to think of myself as a character actor, though there's some redundancy in that...

I have a cycle that is not particularly cool, but it's a cycle: trash myself to reward myself.

You have that Frank Capra kind of side to it and the characters are really well drawn, so I think everybody tried their best to stay faithful to the script.