I direct in the same way that I act, which is thinking about what the scene needs.

I was a writer. I just wasn't a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that I'd be a better actor than I would a playwright.

I'm drawn to people who share that sense of loss. All actors are trying to repair damaged relationships. I think that might be why I've been drawn to other actors.

Its the difference between instinct and intuition.

I am very good with dialects, but the two that I can't do for some reason are the South African and Australian.

I'm actually a very bad surfer, which is good because everybody likes a bad surfer. Nobody likes a good surfer.

And you know, I hate to admit this, but I don't always think in terms of Shakespeare. When I eat, I do. When I'm at a restaurant, I'll think, 'Hmm, what would Macbeth have ordered?'