Hamlet, that's the only role there is, finally. The only role. After that, you settle down and only do the fun things on stage.

Acting can be a very reactive profession. Acting is a fantastic thing, and it's my life, but writing is also part of me too, so I did it and in so doing took responsibility for my own life.

My criteria for doing theater has always been slightly different than my criteria with movies, in that there are a lot of reasons to do films, having to do with location, money, and first and foremost having to do with script and role and director.

You try to go where the great scripts are, if you can, or you go where the not great scripts are, because that's what's being offered to you.

Theater, because of the commitment, it has to be a great role and a great play to me. It takes a lot out of you.

As you get older, stuff starts to wear down. I can't play four basketball games a week anymore. It takes me three days to recover from one. I'm a little older, a little scrappier. So now I do yoga instead. And whatever else happens in the day, I'm set up in the best way possible. I feel great. I'm so flexible.

I've become more empathetic, and my capacity to understand and be patient - to give people a break - has enlarged over the years.