I hope I look skinnier in 3D. I hope I don't look three times as fat. That'll be disappointing.

I find it safer to pursue the powerful, the ugly, the unpleasant.

I have always had a problem with my weight.

It was also wonderful to have the prospect of playing with Jack Nicholson. It was a terrific part, a terrific script, with Alexander Payne and Jack Nicholson. You can't get any better than that!

The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy.

For a long time I did not want to do television because I did not want to get stuck playing the same person. I wanted the ongoing challenge of a variety of roles.

I read Stephen King a lot and I've actually played two roles. Delores Claiborne is my favorite, I think, of any film that I've done.