Most actors can't make any kind of living.

What art does is it makes you feel alive and makes you feel like you're connected.

If in my twenties I'd gotten one of the two-dozen roles that I did screen tests for and almost got, I think I would have become bored with the awards circuit, the whole hype machine.

The Road was a movie that has a good reputation, even though it wasn't released very well, but that's a movie I'm very proud of.

It's always interesting to play a character that obviously has a secret.

I campaigned for [Dennis] Kucinich in 2008. I continue to be in touch with him and I really admire him. I think he's very brave and honest - unusually so for a U.S. politician.

Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.