When I was young, I learned very early on that I could make my mother laugh. And that was one of the greatest sounds I ever heard.

When I was young, I learned very early on that I could make my mother laugh. And that was one of the greatest sounds I ever heard.

Over a spell of about three years, I played a series of roles that were, for me, all very different, but most of them came out within a six-month period. They all dealt with a kind of dark territory that in some cases had been mined before in movies.

I can't imagine that anyone in Hollywood is sitting around trying to decide what actor is good or right or qualified for a role and is being denied a role because of their political views. I don't think that's the way Hollywood works. We're not living in an era of blacklisting.

Cable TV has become where the best actors, writers and directors have gone to work because they are allowed to do character-driven stories.

As an actor, youre always nervous as to what a director will do with something.

It's not even about being negative. It's just being unsettled, unsatisfied, unfinished.