The only people who do plays in LA are people who can't get jobs in TV shows.

A good actor's director, first of all, is prepared, so there's not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.

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

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

As an actor, early on, you learn that the audience is never wrong. And if you think they are wrong, you need to find a different way to make a living. Collectively the audience is smarter than you will ever, ever be.

The emotions will take care of themselves. You don't have to prod them along. As a matter of fact, you get in trouble when you prod them along.

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.