As an actor, I think a mistake that any storyteller can make is to play the ending.

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me.

I do not feel an exile from America in any sense.

The writer should always serve as his own angleworm —and the sharper the barb with which he fishes himself out of blackness, the better.

I have to be careful of what TV shows I choose, particularly ones that have commercials in them, because it's going to be a different kind of television show.

'The New York Times' thing... I think any actor would be thrilled to be profiled in that paper.

It's hard to get concert tickets.