I always say it takes as much preparation and thought to do a small part as a leading part. In some ways, leads are easier because you have the luxury of time to discover the character.

This is real human drama, we're not creating some amusement park ride for the summer. Even though the movie is really exciting to watch, it's got a real pathos behind it.

A lot of times, good improv is when both people, or however many people are in the scene, really have no idea what the next thing you're going to say is.

I was never a very dependable employee for anything. Perfect for the actor's life!

There is something about the water - that solitary kind of peaceful feeling. You're on earth but not quite.

Being unprepared makes me nervous. I'm old-fashioned show folk.

I don't know who I am, to tell you the truth.

I find people attractive for more subtle reasons than just the way they look.

I like people who are able to keep pushing themselves and challenging themselves even after great success.

Acting's all about the confidence you exude, especially on film. I mean, nervousness isn't attractive in anyone, but a film camera will seek it out and punish you.

I love that people can't place me. They don't know my name. That's 'mission accomplished' in my world.

It is often in the darkest skies that we see the brightest stars.

When you feel like you're at the end, Christ is just beginning.

When people talk about their great past they're usually trying to excuse the mediocre present.

Cell phones have gotten so small, you can't tell who's a cell phone user and who's a schizophrenic.

Sometimes good days are not always fun, sometimes they are good because of how hard they were and gratifying for those reasons.

All I want to be is normally insane.

I never said I was a genius.

There hasn't been anybody else write a Constitution like Madison. There just hasn't been, because that person hasn't existed anywhere but here.

I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man.

But if the technological Singularity can happen, it will.