Between Clive Owen winning at the Golden Globes and the British Academy announcing its nominations, of which Sideways received only one, I'm feeling pretty humbled these days.

If you are truly fearless as a performer, than you don't fear kids or dogs.

I love knowing that I'm not better than any other person on the planet.

Villains with a conscience have this sad realization of who they are, and the monster they've become — there's a sense of regret. So at the end of these movies there's a dramatic resonance that really stays with the audience.

I like to keep my private stuff pretty vague.

The Divorce, it's just like any performance that's given where I really just completely lost myself in that life.

I've been an admirer of Helen Mirren for a long time. As I get older, I find myself admiring older women who have poise and elegance.