Anyone who hears enough laughter and applause at a young age will become an actor, whether they intend to or not.

Instead of being a theater actor who sometimes does movies I became a movie actor who sometimes does theater.

In animation, there's this exhilarating moment of discovery when you see the film and you say, Oh THAT'S what I was doing.

Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.

I keep looking for things I haven't done yet.

My father was a man of the theater. I grew up in a theater family. As a young man, as a boy, I gypsied around with my siblings and my parents to, like, eight different towns, went to eight different schools. All those things were extremely formative, and I think that's what happens.

I subscribe to the great George G. Scott quote, "All actors are in trouble. Directors who don't help are a pain in the ass". We all need help from directors. We are all equally insecure.