We need art. We've been telling stories since the beginning. As human beings, we need it for our survival.

I felt that the biological clock was some myth to keep me from doing what I wanted to do. And so I rebelled against it in the '90s. I thought it was a backlasher, some sort of faulty data. But it's real. I'm glad I woke up before my body was just like 'uh-uh.

I guess the characters I play may be at the more destructive edge of the spectrum, more damaged or whatever, but I find a lot of female roles uninteresting.

The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don't be a guy

I love Central Park. I spend a lot of time in there. I try and get in there whenever I can.

There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't have, but on the negative side, financiers are now dominant and making all the decisions. I can't count the ways a director's vision is compromised.

To do work that's not going to be fulfilling doesn't make sense.