You can relate to somebody's pain and you have compassion, which can lead to intimacy.

Once, during an interview in front of my wife, I was asked, "Are you one of those actors who brings your character home? Do you stay in character?" I said, "No, not really. I don't do that," and she started laughing. I asked her why. She said, "Well, you might think you don't bring characters home, but you do." So, while I don't feel like a character is lingering, it probably is.

So I have this word for much of what I do in life: 'plorking.' I'm not playing and I'm not working, I'm plorking.

I've gone out of my way to not take baggage with me from film to film.

Well, there are all kinds of gutters. Life will supply you with gutters.

I find I'm most challenged by things I really care about, because I really want to do them well. It causes quite a bit of anxiety. But that very thing you're afraid of is kind of like a blessing in disguise. If you didn't have that fear, you wouldn't have the other side - courage and bravery, positive emotions.As an actor, you get used to those fears, and you're almost happy when they show up. It makes you learn your lines and prepare.

My m.o. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me.