The stage is a routine. It keeps you grounded, like a metronome. I find that soothing.

Everybodys constantly being destroyed and rebuilding themselves, some more drastically than others.

I never went into acting to be able to scare everybody. If I'd wanted to frighten people, I could have joined the C.I.A.

If you don't fight the system, you can either take advantage of the system or let the system take advantage of you.

The stage is a routine. It keeps you grounded, like a metronome. I find that soothing.

Most of the time for movies and stuff, with the exception of Jeff Nichols, who I've worked with a few times, you just don't know people too well. Everyone is cordial and nice and some people are very genuinely friendly, but once the movie is over you never see them again.

I don't travel for fun, because I travel so much with my work; when I'm not working, I mostly want to stay home.