HBO does something that most networks don't do which is give a show a chance to find their voice.

When you play a character with power and energy, people lock into that and go, "Oh, this must be the guy."

For so much of my career I've been trying to find little things and make something out of it.

Mercury poisoning sounds like a rich man's disease . . . like something you might get from the leather seats in your Lamborghini.

I wrote a script and I've been whispering in director's ears for a really long time and I'd love to direct.

You can't make people who you want them to be. That was a hard lesson for me.

I'm one of these people who would rather show you than tell you through the performance.