I love rehearsing, but a lot of directors don't, and some actors don't.

I don't speak up about something unless I feel strongly about it and until I've researched a subject extensively and have an informed decision about it.

It's very rare you get a great script just handed to you, or sent to you, by someone you don't know.

One of the most effective tools that the Cheney-Bush junta has used to marginalize dissenting or even mildly inquisitive American citizens has been the accusation of being unpatriotic.

Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways.

In a way, editing is not unlike the movies. The best books, just like the best movies, are a collaboration. They're only as good as the compromise made between the artists involved.

This basic thing I always do: 'What happened between the character's birth, and page one of the script?' Anything that's not in the story, I'll fill in the blanks.