It's hard to regulate the speed at which you can achieve something creative and emotional.

An actor really suffers when the director isn't prepared because you start running out of time for the shoot and then have to do it fast.

That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.

People who are interested in the arts and theater are such a minority.

And my first film was Carnal Knowledge, another amazing experience, largely because of Mike Nichols, who would tell me you can't do anything wrong because you're doing everything right.

The Oscar nomination made me a recognizable name to other actors and people in general.

My face is my career.

Work is the most nourishing thing so far in my life.

I don't like that I'm my own commodity, that I am what I sell.

I know I'll work, but not when or where. I never know what to pack.

I only eat things that you don't have to kill.

Writing is the best anti-depressant.

This generation I'm a member of, we're sort of infected by this idea that you had to make the world a better place.

Number one rule in Hollywood is to maintain relationships with successful people, and you may find yourself involved in some very cool projects.

It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.

Faithful heart may have froward tongue.

I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz.

Dancers are stripped enough onstage. You don't have to know more about them than they've given you already.

If it came down to that, I'd protect you in a heartbeat.

A big mistake a lot of filmmakers do is they like, "We cut our whole ending to a Rolling Stones song." You better find a new ending then, because unless you have $2 million for that song.