I wasn't a naturally confident, extravert, outgoing person.

I'm just attracted to playing people who are ostensible unlikable. That's not to say that there's something in there that makes you care. It might be that you just find them so awful that you just can't stop watching, like a car crash.

What terrifies me is that I might somehow endorse that view so people think they don't have to read books anymore.

Even if I screw up in my personal life, as long as I'm not destroying myself, I just think, "Okay, I screwed up." I'm not Mother Theresa.

Actors say they do their own stunts for the integrity of the film but I did them because they looked like a lot of fun.

I am lucky to be in a profession that is not age dependent.

I've met people who've dismissed me, and then they find out that they like my work, and suddenly their attitude changes toward me. And I think that's very funny and very human. But it's also very unattractive.