Vanity is something that will only get in the way of doing your best work, and ultimately if you're truly vain you care more about your work than how you look in your work. I actually consider myself a pretty vain guy when it comes to that.

I would never not work on the part without it playing. That's what being an actor is. You use everything that's influenced you to help you get out of yourself or be more creative.

In life, do you ever really know if you're missing an opportunity? No, you really don't.

[Truman Capote] was not only just selling his writing, but he was selling himself as a person.

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

I would definitely say pleasure is not happiness. Because I think I kill pleasure. Like I take too much of it in, and therefore make it un-pleasurable, like too much coffee, and you're miserable.

When you become a parent, you look at your parents differently. You look at being a child differently. It's an awakening, a revelation that you have.