Things come out of nowhere, and you start evaluating the director, the cast, and all those other things going into it.

One of the joys of being an actor is that you're always learning new things. And I've been doing this since I was 19, so there's been a lot of new things I have learned for each part. I always assume that I can do it.

There is a way of looking at an awful place from a certain angle that allows it to take on a beauty because it is what it is.

Food is the only beautiful thing that truly nourishes.

People have a different idea of how movies are made than they really are. On a certain level, everyone throws ideas into the hopper. It's not like the actors are wind-up dolls that you push out onto the floor, play with, then put back in the box. You get people around you who you trust; the writer, the producer, the director and all the actors all contribute.

In a way, one gets stability from being able to order the rational mind.

When someone has a strong intuitive connection, Buddhism suggests that it's because of karma, some past connection.