Even the small amount of infamy I have makes me uncomfortable - on a personal level and on a professional level.

To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish in the water is frightening.

It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm convinced - is male or female; it may shift back and forth.

For the last 20 years of my life, I've had the mantra to do amazing parts with amazing people in amazing projects, so I'm attracted to good story, writing and character and good people. That's what I'm always searching for and I don't think that's ever going to change.

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

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

There's a lot of skeletons in my closet!