I wouldn't say I'm a method actor. I do research when I feel I don't have enough experience for the part I'm playing.

I couldn't care less about being a presenter at the Oscars.

Bush is very clever. When the debate should have been about the deterioration of our cities and the lack of action by government, he sent in his idiot to make an outrageous statement about Murphy Brown.

Any time you're trying to do a movie with a happy ending, it's very difficult because it's been done before and you don't want to be manipulative.

It was dangerous to hit the wrong kid in my neighborhood, because a lot of the guys I played with had fathers in the Mafia.

If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity.

I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.