Sometimes, directors are afraid to stop shooting, because the second you stop and say, "We got it," and move on, you'll never get another chance. And they're terrified to get in the cutting room and not be happy. So they just keep shooting.

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.

I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.

If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then I decide to do it.

Every scene has two people who want two different things, so there's conflict in every scene. You've got to duke it out, and you've got to get the other person to change his or her mind and do it your way.

One of the things I did early on in film was over-enunciate and talk too loud.

The Spirit Awards are great too, they'll say anything because they're not televised. Another great drinking night.