With Shakespeare, there's no subtext; you're speaking exactly what you're thinking constantly.

I like being like a chameleon who transforms himself with each role.

A movie set is like a petri dish for neuroses, you know? It's just, like, egos and weird personalities and, more than anything, fear.

To be able to shut off your emotions drastically, I think that the only way you can do that is if you have some of sociopathic qualities.

What's most interesting about trying to figure out AI is the questions that it forces you to ask about the nature of consciousness.

There's a reason why actors are always dying to work with the Coens. They just set the stage for you to do their best work.

I get attached to things: I wear the same jeans for a year.