For a lot of actors, our biggest fear is that we're going to start talking about things we don't fully understand and sound like idiots.

Most films and directors lose their nerve and want to indicate [emotions] a bit more, to show that their story is clear. I'm not saying that's a good thing; as an actor its anathema to good acting, but to have someone with the confidence to say that should I be utterly natural and minimalist is great.

As a struggling actor, youre not looking for parts that define you; youre just looking for work.

Clint Eastwood just runs an incredibly tight ship, but it's really laid back.

The only way I can describe it-at the end of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, you know how his heart grows like five times? Everything is full; it's just full all the time.

We're here for such a short time. When your great-great-grandkids study history, don't you want them to be proud that you were part of the solution?

I'd love to be a dad. I hope I'd be great at it. That's every man's fear, yet his most important job.