I think people who do comedy tend to do it well, and to do it painfully and truthfully. So making the leap to drama is easier for them because everything they've done is from pain anyway.

My parents were opera singers and voice teachers, so growing up, I admired musicians and dancers.

Savor what you are and not what everyone else wants you to be.

Poop humor is fun. If you do the toilet scenes well and commit to them, they can be really, really powerful.

I'm always in this shape, that shape, whatever shape you like the most. I am always in various stages of shapes. If the woman needs to be more soft I'll gain weight and then I'll lose weight for another film that I did where I wanted her to be more wiry. I enjoy using my body as something that helps me get to a character.

Children should be allowed to be children and not be sold.

Everyone told me to pass on Speed because it was a 'bus movie.'