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.

Fortunately for me, I don't come from the school where you only measure success by how much money something makes or whether it has a big box-office weekend. I measure it by how much people actually participate in the process.

If you're lucky enough to have done well, then it's your responsibility to send the elevator back down.

Talent is only interesting if it's challenged.

I think that acting is a very humanizing profession.

For years, particularly with the advent of the Internet, people have been griping about lessening attention spans.

The most important definition of an actor, the job of the actor, is to serve the writer, not yourself. Way too many actors serve themselves.