Acting is really scary, but it's also challenging, fun, hard work. There's always an element of improvisation with every actor, even when something is really scripted.

I feel that film, as opposed to theatre, is about capturing that one, real moment.

There are directors who, their direction is high, but then when you challenge it, it crumbles. They can't back up what they're asking.

If a religious person says "No, no, no" and they won't listen to science, it makes me think that they don't have faith in their own religion.

People don't want to be plagued by not knowing-they want answers.

I want my audience to say, "Wow, this is a film I'm benefiting from. I'm benefiting from what this filmmaker is trying to say." I'd always rather learn and be entertained than be entertained and feel myself getting dumber by the moment.

Well, the first thing I wanted to be was a carpenter. Then I wanted to be a painter and then a singer. It was when I first saw 'Lawrence of Arabia' that I wanted to be an actor.