The roughest part is showing up. Once you throw yourself into the scene, it's just great fun to let it all go and not be self-conscious, and stop questioning whether you're sufficient.

I feel like a lot of the young actors that are just coming up are really good. I think directors are directing better.

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

One's complete sentences are attempts, as often as not, to complete an incomplete self with words.

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