I know I'm not bipolar or schizophrenic, but this career allows you to explore, to take some facets of yourself and spin it.

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.

There is no best anything in art. Phillip [Hoffman] isn't better than Heath [Ledger]; Joaquin [Phoenix] isn't better than David [Strathairn] or Terence [Howard]. They aren't better than me. We all do different things. It's more of a celebration of a lot of great work than to give the gold to somebody. The underappreciated factor certainly has gone away.

There is no best anything in art.

There's not a single job in this town. There's nothin', nada, zip. Unless you wanna workforty hours a week.

I don't watch dailies. I don't pretend not to read reviews, I just don't. I wait for it to come on the air, just like everybody else.

Are we just pretending to be unhappy so that we can add drama to our lives, so that we seem more substantial?