I love women. I always have. I'm not pretending that I understand them, but I just love women. I love being in their presence and I love everything about them.

I really love hanging out on the set, and I love the life, and all of that. But I don't think I could stick with this profession if it weren't for those 15 minutes a day when I get to act. That's the part I love. For some strange reason, it's the time that I'm the least self-conscious in my whole life.

I think theater is powerful. The best experiences I had in the theater are more powerful than the best experiences I had in movies.

So many actors spend so much energy trying to remember the lines. It's so foolish. Guys are the worst.

What I've discovered is, really, acting is acting is acting. It's all the same. Seventy-five percent of the skills are the same in both media.

When I was in New York, I was making a living. We had a summer house and a car that I could put in a garage. That's something for a stage actor.

It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.