Everybody's got bills to pay. Sometimes you see people just go straight for the money, and that's disappointing.

Things could be worse. You remember that, and you go on with your life.

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

You have to have something in your life that's more important than the work. People don't really like to admit that. I think that you have to find something else. I don't know what it is. Is it yoga or God or politics? For me it's just family.

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 didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act.

I always watch rushes. They give me a sense of whether I'm going in the right direction. You work hard and hopefully get encouragement from what you see.