You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries. They only asked one question after a man died: "Did he have passion?"

When you do a television show in the States, you get the pilot, and then it's the great unknown. That's the way it is. It's this great leap of faith. It's the Russian roulette of art.

One of the great things that you should never do that I learned from John Malkovich is to never judge your characters.

As an actor you want to explore something you haven't done.

The stage is my love, it's where I started and where I do my best work.

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

I feel, as a person, very uninteresting.