Sometimes it's easier for people who are in authority to be authoritarian, because people know where you stand.

The work itself is the reward, and if I choose challenging work, it'll pay me back with interest. At least I'll be interested, even if nobody else is.

All an actor has is their blind faith that they are who they say they are today, in any scene.

I can become you for a second and you can become me and this lifts us up.

Every single decision I make about what material I do, what I'm putting out in the world, is because of my children.

You have to embrace getting older.

Empathy is at the heart of the actor's art.