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.

It's not good for people to have the safety net too low... People can take care of themselves better than we allow them to.

I feel very secure about the role of the actor in the future. They need us, because stories are about people.

We must admit that it is quite common that people do have affairs with their leading ladies and men.

A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife.

What actors are good at doing is walking into a situation that should make you incredibly self-conscious and frightened and doing it anyway. That's the gig, pretending that you are comfortable.

That's pretty much what every scene is about, getting people to see your point of view. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.