Stars don't want to have flaws. Stars like to be likable.

I have done all of the genres, and the dramatic role is my favorite.

There are so many projects that you go into hoping the story works, and here comes a new third act and that kind of thing.

One of the more noble things the Oscars can do is pay attention to movies no one knows about. Blockbusters don't need much help.

As an actor, you're always at the service of somebody else's vision. In a play, it's more of the director's vision, and he or she's got their hands on you all the way up to opening night, and if it's a film, there are even more people.

I love living in Michigan, which has been great for my kids and my family.

The indie world changed when the economy went south. I was frustrated with doing something, then waiting for it to come out, and sometimes it never did, or would just play in New York for 50 people. So I really wanted to try something else.