Politics and acting are very closely tied. The job is to convince.

I can't judge the characters I play, because it's for the audience to do. What I can try to do is to understand and embody what were they going through? How did they make the decisions they made? That to me is a more interesting way to approach something, rather than saying this person is a villain and that person is this and - because it's not very interesting to play that anyway.

To know what you want, to understand why you're doing it, to dedicate every breath in your body to achieve... If you feel you have something to give, if you feel that your particular talent is worth developing, is worth caring for then there's nothing you can`t achieve.

Anytime someone can beat the acting out of someone else, I think its a wonderful thing.

My mother was sarcastic and delightful and, trust me, quite remarkable.

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.

I think people love it when anybody acts bad; its not particular to me.