Debra Winger doesn't let anything interfere with her performance, which is the way it should be

There's a hysterical, tired sense of humor that comes after working 14 hours a day, six days a week. I like those things because they take the pressure off the constant stress

To people outside, they think, Gee, that's great. You get to go here and there. The other side of that is our expression, This is location, not vacation

I like playing flawed characters, people who aren't perfect.

I had already done a lot of research for Rough Riders, keeping notebooks and old photographs. Some of the books were antiques for that time period, with the covers falling off.

While I was doing these plays in the beginning, I wasn't getting paid. I thought of it more as a hobby. Then I realized how seriously a lot of these people took what they were doing

I didn't know how to go about preparing for the part of someone who can't remember who he is. The frustration angle is written in, but there's also this incredible passive state

In this industry, the new owners prefer to kill anything they weren't responsible for.

You can't think that you're playing a villain, or you'll end up with a cartoon. You have to think about him as a person and a hero.

I wrote a script. I actually enjoyed writing it more than acting. It's about the Irish rebellion of 1920, which is a fascinating period and place for me

I have family obligations and all that stuff. I get my kids six weeks in the summer, which is a real intense period of time. I'm with them every minute of the day

when I become death. Death is the seed from which I grow.

Stuffed cats are able to creep more convincingly than live ones.

Myth is supposed to bring us together, but fantasy alienates us.

Redistricting is one of the purest actions a legislative body can take.

Time had a way of moulding people into shapes they themselves no longer recognised.

Each of us has a spark of life inside us, and our highest endeavor ought to be to set off that spark in one another.

That is one of the characteristics of fascism, the idea that the state can provide all of the answers for everyone.

Morality is seldom a safe guide for human conduct.

You can focus on things that are barriers or you can focus on scaling the wall or redefining the problem.

I can convert anyone.