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

We always want to see people strive and see the human spirit triumph against adversity. That's what it's all about because that's what we're doing. We're trying to triumph in our lives.

Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.

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

I love directors who talk action as opposed to emotion.

I'm not religious. It's an issue, 'cause I've got two little kids, and I feel you can't grow up without knowledge of religion.

I think what all actors share is that, somewhere down in your solar plexus, there's this fear that you're not going to be able to come up with the goods, that this is the one movie where you're going to look like a fool, and they should have cast someone else. And you feel ugly, and you've got three chins, and you've gained too much weight, and you're losing your hair, and there are so many better actors who could do this. But if you've got chops, what you realize is that everybody feels that way, so just show up and do the job.