Usually I do everything reverse. I practice something in movies and then I try it in real life.

Not only is America a country where torture is now policy. It's now outsourced. It's given to companies at a cost-plus basis. It's a triple whammy of surreal, absolute madness.

Radical Islam and US exceptionalism are in bed with each other. They're like lovers, methinks.

Did you know that the word person comes from the Latin word persona, which means mask? So maybe being human means we invite spectators to ponder what lies behind. Each of us will be composed of a variety of masks, and if we can see behind the mask, we would get a burst of clarity. And if that flame was bright enough, that's when we fall in love.

I read Noam Chomsky. I like some of Gore Vidal's stuff.

I think any actor can probably identify with being a professional liar. You don't always look at yourself that way, but I know a lot of days I do.

Acting can be pretty challenging. I can't say making a romantic comedy is challenging, but to do anything well, you have to put yourself into it.