I've always sort of time-locked and mind-blocked myself in my 30s, and that's always the age I feel.

I didn't read reviews earlier in my career, but I read them now as I'm older. I read them all.

I think that is the secret of great acting. You have to bring your imagination to the party. You've got to have a great imagination.

People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning.

I basically took something that was extremely erotic and very intentional, and I reduced it to a simple kiss. I got a lot of criticism for that.

When I don't have a story to tell, I'm a terror to live with.

When you listen, you learn, You absorb like a sponge - and your life becomes so much better than when you are just trying to be listened to all the time.