Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.

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.

I'll tell you this about the Oscars - they're real.

It's hard on an actor when you have to do a scene 45 times and you know damn well that three of the angles a director is shooting will never make it into the movie.

I think I've been in situations where they looked at me and just see some rich white guy - they don't see me at all.

There will always be people with disabilities. And by my estimation, the scorecard for the way we take care of those who need our help the most, those at the very bottom of that safety net, is pretty dismal. And that has to change.

When I was in New York, I was making a living. We had a summer house and a car that I could put in a garage. That's something for a stage actor.