I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.

You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other, the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies.

I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it.

Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.

I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.

It's important to me that everyone is treated with respect.

I always want my options to be open.

Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.

You won't find a better young actor than Jaeden Lieberher. I ended up having one of the best times with him, really. Going to work with him every day was a treat.

The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe.

A huge part of acting in movies is appetite. You do your best work when you've got a lot of appetite and you really want to embrace something. When you get tired, you don't have that hunger.

Still amazes me that people spend more time researching a new vehicle than they do the religion they entrust their souls to.

A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments.

In the 1930s, there was a stretch where you could borrow more against the real estate than you could sell it for. I think that's what's going on in today's private-equity world.

There's a lot of disorder that comes along with wanting to know everything and wanting to try everything and wanting to experience everything, but there's a lot of knowledge that comes out of it too.

People like Arvo Part would not have been taken seriously 20 years ago.

To be content with life or to live merrily, rather all that is required is that we bestow on all things only a fleeting, superficial glance; the more thoughtful we become the more earnest we grow.

It is not wise to meddle with D'Angelines in matters of love.

Always accepting the greatest joy of all is the time that I get to spend with my wife.

Internalized sexism that makes us feel like we can't show ourselves not being perfect.

But time has caught up with it and I think vindicated it. Shampoo, too: very dark, very ambitious movie.