All that back-story stuff doesn't help. What you get paid for is to stand toe-to-toe with the other actor and get him to do your will.

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.

I have a tendency to say 'yes' to a script or no to a script. Not 'yes' based on a rewrite.

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

The best thing for an actor to do is take your attention off of how you feel about it, and put it on striving to obtain a particular objective. The happy result is that it brings out all this unexpected stuff in yourself.

I think acting is getting better and better.

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."