You're trying to figure out a way to go back in time and spend more time with your father. Who wouldn't want to do that?

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

I never made more than $50 doing any play in Chicago. That was the way I grew up.

John Cusack and I have been friends since childhood, and the fact that we're in so many films together is, no pun intended, serendipitous.

If someone mistakes your kindness for weakness, that's their fault - not yours. And it's OK to be a decent human being in this life.

Sometimes - this is a tough one - not everyone can handle the truth. Sometimes you have to take a beat. But if you can take that beat, and take the high road, it'll serve you in the long run.

I don't know if there's a lot of patience anymore. I think that could serve a lot of people.