I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else.

As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive.

I think one of the most pervasive evils in this world is greed and acquiring money for money's sake. Once you have six houses and a plane, it's just about a number. It's never been anything I understood.

Gary Oldman is impossible to steal a movie from. He's such a great actor, he's off the hook. I love him.

A lot of times, the script is the thing they care about least.

I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story I want to tell.

Music is a soundtrack for your life. You hear some tune and you just get swept right back to that point in your life.