The hardest things to do in any art is to risk failure and put yourself out on the line.

Early on - certainly in acting - you really have to take whatever you can get. So I understand well how difficult it can be to be in this position where people are just not hearing what you're trying to say or are saying. I recognize that.

I think that when you decide to dedicate yourself to creative endeavors and surround yourself with people who are creative, you very quickly learn how hard it is to survive doing those kinds of things, not to mention make a living at them.

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.

When I'm creating a character, I don't see it so much as playing someone else as just playing a specific part of myself under certain circumstances.

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

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