English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite.

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

I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.

I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't.

Nobody's a criminal to himself. I never play a criminal like a bad person.

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 just try to play more and more difficult roles.