You liked the freshness of it, c'mon try it" and I said "oh God, I read it three of four times" and finally I said "all right, I want you guys to organize a reading and I want you to be there to see how terrible this is not going to work at all", so we had a table like this, and read the script, and it was just great.

My wife holds the kite strings that let me go 'weeeeeee', then she reels me back in.

Generally speaking I would say I enjoy the smaller films more because there's a less sense of pressure and often the material is more unusual.

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.

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 have my prized possession in my wallet. That's a photograph of the first words I ever uttered to my wife, and her answer to my question when I asked her, "Will you go out with me?"

I wish I were more disciplined.