I always thought I'd be a New York theater actor, riding my bicycle to rehearsal. That was all I ever wanted.

If I'm directing actors, I learn about acting that way. If I'm acting, I learn about directing that way. Producing is just something that's come about because there's projects I find interesting that I would like to help get done.

There's things that you don't want to do and they keep haunting you and following you. Bennett Miller directed this project [Capote], who is a friend of mine since I was 16, and Danny Futterman wrote it, and he's also been a friend of mine since I was 16.

I think I'm less anonymous than I was.

No one wants to be pretentious about what they do or take it seriously, because that is just weird.

People used to be funny about approaching me, but now they seem to think I'm as sane as anyone who's done what I've done in movies can be.

I always thought I'd be a New York theater actor, riding my bicycle to rehearsal. That was all I ever wanted.