I fell in love with film. I didn't start out to be a film actor. I wanted to be a theater actor.

I was the classic middle child in some ways, the one who could have been a priest in an alternate universe.

I like to disappear into a role. I equate the success of it with a feeling of being chemically changed.

Ive just tried to keep my eyes open, tried to read everything you can, and tried to see whether I see myself within it. If I do, then I can get excited about it.

The only way to be an actor is to find ways to work as an actor, even if that means doing a one-man show by a river.

When I first had my eyebrows waxed, I was pretty disturbed.

All roads lead home in the end. You've got to keep that in mind always - in your work and in your life.

It's a strange thing, but you get this click in your brain; the wonderful feeling that the entirety of a character is suddenly available and accessible to you.

I started working as an actor, semi-professionally, when I was 16, and got my first professional gig at 19. I guess I've kind of worked pretty consistently since then.

Ive always liked the idea of being a father. And Ive always romanticised it, because I lost my father when I was young. In a way, all of the complications that come with my career are about that.

David Mamet was great to work with. He was everything that I thought he would be as a director. He's incredibly articulate, an easy collaborator. Extraordinarily knowledgeable about film and writing.

Thousands of channels there are through which the beauty of your soul may sail even unto our thoughts. Above all is there the wonderful, central channel of love.

Any silly ism or stupid book that considers men above women, must be shunned like a lowlife demon. For, all's one, barring none.

In America there are two classes of travel - first class and with children.

I'm sure there's some philosophy that says one of the best ways to deal with any of your problems is to take a deep breath and step away from them for a while, writing does this for me.

Kids will not listen to that. They're going to experiment no matter what, so you have to be honest.

Who are a little wise the best fools be.

Today's competitiveness, so much imposed from without, is exhausting, not exhilarating; is unending-a part of one's social life, one's solitude, one's sleep, one's sleeplessness.

I don't really think you can ever stop making new friends or learning about as many new things as possible.

The ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a man will admit, that his mind ages.

... religious insults are considered acceptable even by those who decry slurs about race, ethnicity, and gender. Religious people seem to deserve such treatment.