My dialogue coach said to do a Texas accent, you lean on the next word, and that was the clue to me.

It's much harder to act in a bad film than in a good one. A terrible script makes for very difficult acting. You can win an Academy Award for some of the easiest acting in your career, made possible by a brilliant script.

Anyone can write. But comedy, you've got to do some writing. You get one comedy script to every 20 dramas.

That to me is what my idea of film acting should be. There shouldn't be any acting. You should just be watching a real person.

I'm a sort of boy next door. If that boy has a good scriptwriter.

...some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

The standing ovation threw me. ... To be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.