I've certainly worked with really great directors who haven't acted.

Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.That's why you hire them, so why tell somebody first what it is you want? I'm more curious to see what they bring to it and then be inspired by it and say: "OK, what if you tried this?" or "What would happen if ... ?"

Really interesting things come because you don't know what the rules are, what you can and can't do.

I don't think about the characters I choose to play, analytically or consciously.

I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires.

What's "God"? Well, you know, when you want something really bad and you close your eyes and you wish for it? God's the guy that ignores you.

I've had dentists who have wanted to help me out, but I say, 'You know, I won't work again if you fix my teeth.'