I always laugh to myself when I listen to some really big A-list star saying that they are just a normal person.

A magnetic personality doesn't necessarily indicate a good heart.

I love actors, regardless of where they are in their skill level. There's something terribly satisfying about working with someone who's really learning.

I still know I have an awful lot to learn, and I hope I'm put in whatever situation it is that's gonna help me learn it, or that I'll get to watch really good people do what they do.

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.

I love working closely with people.

I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically, and most of the time actors can find wonderful clues about character in the rhythm and cadence of the language used.