Any actor working a long time should know how a shot is set up, where to place themselves, how to handle the lines. I'm a member of the crew, like the best boy, the electrician. What I'm good at is making eyes at the camera.

I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing them - and having them still have dignity and still survive, still get through it.

I had a prodigious life, living in a grown-up world when I was a child. But I think my abilities were about perceptiveness, and they were about examining psychology and examining people and relationships.

Otherness is a big thing for me. I'm always drawn to characters that live lives that I couldn't lead.

I didn't grow up really wanting to be an actor. I don't remember ever not being an actor.

It's very important to distinguish between chemical depression that requires medication and talk therapy.

I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the intention behind it.