Have we become so celebrity-obsessed that there is no longer a difference between a character and an actor? I hope not.

I've been on sets where things weren't relaxed because someone was creating tension for no reason.

Sometimes you walk away from playing somebody and you think, "Wow that was far as from my own experience as I can possibly be." And sometimes you walk away thinking, "Wow. There are qualities in that character that I didn't realize I had." And those can be both interesting and uncomfortable.

We're all victims of our own hubris at times.

Its interesting to play a politician who gets stuff done.

I open myself up every time I walk on screen and give you everything that I am. There are parts of me that are in every movie that I've done. That to me is what my job is.

I write a lot about my experiences and the people I meet. Ive got a lot of material. But a book about me? It seems sort of odd.