My dad was an architect, and he wasn't a rich guy, but in our little world in Philadelphia he was famous. He loved to see his picture in the paper. I wanted to be more famous than him.

I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic.

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

I don't have to do the lead. If I dig a part, I'll do it.

There are some actor secrets you keep sometimes, and you want to keep.

L.A. kind of scares me.

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