The best thing for an actor to do is take your attention off of how you feel about it, and put it on striving to obtain a particular objective. The happy result is that it brings out all this unexpected stuff in yourself.

If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then I decide to do it.

That red carpet has to be felt to be believed.

I introduced myself to Scorsese and I said, "If you need someone to do craft services, I'm there."

Just learn the whole script before you start shooting. That makes shooting a joy. Even if they rewrite, it's easy.

I'm getting bigger roles, and I'm on location more, and I have a wife and family. I'd rather work less, and I've started to implement that. It was either that or my wife would break my heart.

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