I totally related to Cole Porter's magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn't drag them away from a piano.

Playing Shakespeare requires technique. You don't play a Bach toccata by getting in the mood.

Nothing makes an actor feel freer and more inventive and more creative than being trusted.

People ask, 'What's the best role you've ever played?' The next one.

I see God as a song-and-dance man. If I had my way, he'd be able to carry a tune, too. Preferably, one of mine.

It was all completely incomprehensible to me. I was fearful of the language. You had to look up every third word.

But you have to trust your instincts. Because you're not going to try it 20 different ways during rehearsal. You'll try it two or three different ways, maybe, but then you've got five other scenes you're shooting that day. You've got to keep going.