I think the best thing somebody ever did to me was my mother opening her legs and squirting me out.

I've travelled a lot, but I am essentially American. All my input has been American.

Part of acting is having the security to turn yourself loose and let yourself go in order to reach whatever depths a character has. If your guts aren't hanging out there, you don't offer anything.

If you're going to play a brain surgeon, you just have to learn how to say the words. You don't have to go and learn how to cut open somebody's scalp. I think acting is acting. Being is something else.

When I was doing theater, I was very successful at believing that I was great, God's gift to the theater.

I'm not sure that my upbringing has in itself informed my acting choices.

I just wanted to be an actor. It's better to be well-rounded.