I spend my nights just sitting and reading a book and drinking my tea and walking my dog. That's about as exciting as my life gets.

I was opposed to doing TV for a long time because I thought the quality of writing wasn't very strong, as opposed to film, but there's been a shift in term of the quality of scripts. HBO has attracted a tremendous amount of great writing talent.

I hate that word — 'lucky.' It cheapens a lot of hard work

You can say no. You can not be the object of ridicule.

Animals on factory farms all face pain and fear, just like the animals we share our homes with, yet are repeatedly abused in shocking ways.

I don't socialize. I'm kind of a hermit. The life of an actor can be very lonely.

I do not fault anyone else who makes choices to play characters that they wished they hadn't... Because at the end of the day, none of us are happy with our jobs all the time.