We, in America, are so screwed up when it comes to sex. That's all we can see.

I love making movies, I love the differentness of it, I love writing. But I've always liked television. I grew up on television.

I don't know if it's fair to say that it's a bad time for movies. It seems to me that throughout the entire history of filmmaking, every year there have been about two really wonderful movies, about 10 others that are pretty good, and a whole pile of garbage.

I've always felt it's the directors purview to say what; it's the actor's purview to say how. It's not good for an actor to have the big picture in mind - it bollocks you up. An actor's purview is the tiny little... We measure our performance in seconds.

I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.

Many times, I like to read the script before I even know who they want me to play, so I can read it and really enjoy it as an audience member. I think that's given me the ability to ferret out the really special scripts from all the rest.

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.