You have to do whatever you can to limit the things that could make you feel insecure.

I've studied Stanislavsky, and Mamet taught Stanislavsky, and I studied with Sanford Meisner. But the part of the method that I think is the most fruitful is the method of physical actions. It all comes down to your objective: Nothing else counts except what you want. How you feel will take care of itself.

Ultimately, a more experienced director realizes that you've got to stop sometime and just move on. They're braver about that.

The actor has the advantage - or the liability - of knowing, "It's going to be my face up there on the frickin' screen, so I better keep my wits about me. Nobody's going to care that I was bad because I was not happy. They're only going to know I'm bad."

You have to do whatever you can to limit the things that could make you feel insecure.

Our glorification of violence is ripping society apart. I don't want my children exposed to it.

I love metaphor the way some people love junk food.