The media have such a strong hand in deciding what people's perceptions are. They decide what the agenda is going to be, what the issues are.

Random Roles? Oh, I saw Virginia Madsen do this the other day! You see? I'm paying attention!

At the time, The Hotel New Hampshire was John Irving's favorite adaptation of his work, which meant a lot to all of us who worked on that movie.It's amazing to me that that was a studio movie. That was a summer studio release! If that doesn't tell you how much the business has changed, nothing will.

Be funny whenever possible, even if some people don't get it.

['John F. Kennedy] movie is based on a massive best-selling book, which is always helpful. And then the script was amazing and answered my question, "Why this? Why now?" And the "why now" is that it's 50 years since the assassination, and the country needs to have and will have a conversation about that. And the "why this" is the construct, which I think is sort of ingenious.

Directors are not worried about casting beautiful women, but they are not sure that they want to cast great-looking men. My looks have prevented people from seeing my work objectively.

There was a period in my life where I went out a lot and I had a really good time. But that period is over.