Rebelliousness really is the province of young people-that kind of iconoclasm.

I could never be a woman, 'cause I'd just stay home and play with my breasts all day.

My fear represented the failure of the human system. It is a sad truth of our creation: Something is amiss in our design, there are loose ends of our psychology that are simply not wrapped up. My fears were the dirty secrets of evolution. They were not provided for, and I was forced to construct elaborate temples to house them.

Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.

You can't really conduct your life by one or two phrases.

You have to get comfortable [with your work], you really have to know what you're doing, and it has to be almost boring to you to be able to do it well.

Acting keeps me alert to people, and life. I don't know, there's something about going to work early in the morning, and having to stay alert and concentrated. Maybe that keeps your mind alive.