There are a lot of funny people and a lot of unfunny people. Some of them are women and some of them are dudes.

I vowed to never use my American accent, and I didn't. Even going to get the paper in the morning to buying milk down at the shop, getting a cab, wherever.

I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.

When you make a movie, you're spending a month of your life with someone and, down the line, you have to spend more months with them. It is this mini-marriage that you have.

Part of why I love being an actor is the opportunity to be able to go to distant lands and take on different worlds and concepts and pretend to take on different occupations and statuses.

I'm not a drug person. I don't like drugs. I went to college in London, so it was kind of the curriculum there. I got it out of my system really young.

When I'm tired of taking on too much responsibility as a director I then look for an acting gig.