The truth is, I'm a character guy. That's how I see myself. I always see the role as being far more interesting and important than I am... not all actors approach it that way.

On some level acting is the art of pretend and you have to have a highly cultivated sense of imagination. You have to be able to see things that aren't there no matter what aspect of acting, whether it's green screen, whether it's on stage, whether it's anything else, whether you're working on the radio.

Your primary tools, as an actor, are observation and imagination. You can pretty much get everything you need from that, and you do. It brings back that element of pretend.

When you want to learn about something, what is the first thing you do... you go to the internet.

When Steven Spielberg comes calling, it behooves you to seriously consider it.

I don't believe that being against the war can be equated with being non-supportive of our troops.

I have a penchant for playing God's clowns. Actually, I played Nijinsky once, and he used to call himself God's clown.