I hope that doing truthful portrayals of people in a variety of circumstances gives people a kind of subterranean link to those characters.

Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on.

Once you've found something you know how to do, it makes you feel you don't have to be intimidated by someone.

The Oscars have become such a big deal these days that it's just used as adjective.

As a youth, I hated myself for not being good enough. All my inadequacies and failures, not being kind enough, generous or understanding enough, would assail me at night. It became a habit to be guilty and self castigating, not liking myself because I was unworthy... I really tortured myself.

I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning.

My father taught me how to substitute realities.