Our job, you know, in the entertainment profession is to try to illuminate and show people all sides of humanity, and it doesn't just mean that you can only do movies that are only about the good parts of us. You have to be able to eliminate the bad parts.

Audiences grew to like this duality of feeling, where youre both championing a character and youre revolted by them.

No one’s personal life is in the public interest. It’s gossip, bottom line. End of story.

It takes stamina to get up like an athlete every single night, seven to eight performances a week, 20 weeks in a row. And there are many young performers who only learn their craft in the two minute bits it takes to film a scene. You never learn the arc of storytelling, the arc of a character that way.

Look, I might have lived in England for the last several years but I'm still an American citizen and I have not given up my right to privacy.

The only thing worse than a loser is someone who won't admit he played badly.

I feel it's a responsibility for anyone who breaks through a certain ceiling... to send the elevator back down and give others a helpful lift.