You'd much rather act with a pal, someone you know really well. That way, you can cut all the niceties and go right to insulting each other.

The emotions will take care of themselves. You don't have to prod them along. As a matter of fact, you get in trouble when you prod them along.

I've written a lot of scripts that someone else directed, and it's absolutely vital that, if I'm gonna act in it, then I have to take off the writer hat and let the director direct.

A good director is very well prepared, and knows exactly how he's going to cut the film, so the shooting is as efficient as possible.

I'm not much of a preparer. I think sometimes as an actor you need to go out and learn some skills, but in terms of preparation for understanding the character, it's all on the page, and if it's not on the page, you're in trouble.

I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.

Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.