I think I might have been a more interesting actor, had more of a career earlier on, if I had more formal preparation. When I see something ten years later that I was in I think, 'Boy, would I love to do that over.

I'm picky, very picky. I wanted to be an actor since I was nine years old, and I figured that was only one way to ever have any longevity, and that's to be careful about what kind of work you do.

Everyone is so preoccupied by youth. People talk about how the movie business is a microcosm of the bigger picture, or life imitating art, but the business is guilty for getting women out of the way.

I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual.

The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me.

I love the fact that I'm having an opportunity to make people laugh and you actually get to hear it.

I was single-minded on what I wanted to do since I was like nine or ten.