As actors, the magic is in the almost spiritual experience to really enter another world, to really enter a belief of being in another person's shoes and to really take on their experiences as someone else has written them and imagined them. It's kind of a sacred thing. It's a very spiritual experience. That in itself for me is the main thing that keeps me coming back to it. I like to travel, but for me, this is the greatest travel.

I think that there is a real beauty to the live aspect of the theater, and the working with a director for a month on a script in the isolation of a room and really deeply delving into who are these people, what is the story we're telling, how do we want to tell it?

I'm always surprised when people say, "Oh, it got such mixed reviews." I guess I didn't read them.

When I read a film script, I kind of see it in my head and I see the moments that shape what I understand the character to be. There's very little time for rehearsal.

I'm about as healthy as a person can be. I quit smoking seven or eight years ago.

If there are no other wonderful roles that come my way, I have a quite an interesting, dynamic life.

I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.