I think everybody handles things very differently and you can conjecture, but until you're put in that situation, you really don't know.

I don't mind aging. I mean, my whole thing is, it's just a privilege to age.

It's always nice when you do something and it's well received as opposed to the other way which God knows happens to everybody. When the good times come around, you take a deep breath, appreciate it, but not take it too seriously.

With big, emotional roles it's very easy, especially if you've grown up in the American school of acting, to exploit your own pain. You have to be careful about that, because 9 times out of 10, your pain is not appropriate to the character.

What people can survive and what they don't survive is shocking to me. Someone can go to Iraq and be blown to bits and survive. Someone can trip and fall on the street and they die - that's that.

What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.

The entertainment industry is terrified of silence.