I am very grateful to make my living doing what I would do for free.

I like being a villain. Villains are more exciting.

It's very easy to confuse Sean Connery with James Bond. Sometimes in the entertainment industry, people believe the cake is more real than the baker.

Remember to be as smart as you are.

My Brat Pack buddies and I didn't exactly handle celebrity very well. Success at an early age is far more difficult to handle than failure.

Almost anything makes me laugh, especially jokes at my own expense. And I will never, ever admit to being ticklish anywhere.

Catcher in the Rye had a profound impact on me-the idea that we all have lots of dreams that are slowly being chipped away as we grow up.

I love the rehearsal process in the theatre, and the visceral sense of contact and communication with a live audience.

The movie that's had the most effect on me is Jaws. To this day when I'm in the ocean, I'm hearing that music.

I don't have any blindness when it comes to my money. As an actor, you can get distracted by your work. I do keep an eye on my nest egg, if you will.

Young alienation, disappointment and heartache is all a part of the first real growing up that we do.

Until there is equal and fair portion of opportunities apportioned for every citizen, the power structure may need to be restructured.

If a novel was a map of a country, a story was the bright silver pin that marked the crossroads.

Any irrational fears?no, i'm quite a rationalist. i'm not superstitious, i think life is too full of natural wonders and logical complexities to worry about illogical things.

Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'

He who needs riches least, enjoys riches most.

You can't have silence on the radio; people will turn away from the station.

In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer quite the other way I have to go to bed by day.

I'm really proud to have been in The Craft. I will always be that chick from The Craft, no matter what I do.

Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close?

Tis beauty that doth oft make women proud; but, God He knows, thy share thereof is small.