I do better on the first three takes; I won't be better at 20 takes.

Some people have therapy, some people are alcoholics or they're in AA. Some people jump out of planes on weekends or find ways to release this kind of thing. And for me, it's acting. I find acting very therapeutic for whatever it is.

I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about.

You have to keep the fights clean and the sex dirty.

Even the people that support Bush aren't happy with the way things are going in Iraq.

Doing the press, it's part of my job, so I do it with a smile on my face, but I'm not comfortable in the hot seat.

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.