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

A good director creates an environment which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.

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.

There are people who tell you to shut up because you're just a celebrity, but pundits, talking heads, they're every bit the celebrity and a lot of them aren't any more qualified than the average man on the street.

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.

There are two types of actors: those who say they don't want to be famous and those who are liars.

I want to see the numbers that prove that show-business marriages are any less successful than other marriages. It's just very public when they fail.