Like everyone else, I try to do quality work with great directors. But much of it has to do with luck.

Whatever you hold onto that you want to do, and that other people tell you you are foolish to want to do, don't give up.

What people actually refer to as research nowadays is really just Googling.

Page one of the script, I launch into, "How would I feel if I were in this position?" That's an actor's job.

I know something great will come around the corner, and that's what I'll be doing next.

What's fascinating about acting is that you put yourself in somebody else's mind or in their shoes.

What people actually refer to as research is really just Googling. I already have a complicated relationship with research. It used to be going to the library and looking up archival photos, etc.

Every time I've made a plan in my Hollywood acting career, something else has happened, so I've gotten out of the habit of trying to predict the future.

I was a film student. I became an actor but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally.

I don't need to prove that I'm some great international filmmaker. It's not really on my list of goals.

Growing up, Paul Newman seemed like the ultimate manly actor. And then, I got to work with him and we became friends, so that was nice.

Prayer is our voice

The blizzard doesn't last forever

It takes a rare person to care the same or more about you than themselves. So, until you find that person, please look after yourself.

If we go down into ourselves we find that we possess exactly what we desire.

I always like to tell a story.

No matter what kind of backgrounds two men are from, if you go, 'Hey, man, women are crazy,' you've got a friend.

President Obama deserves credit for building what you call the largest coalition to fight terror.

If there is a God, his plan is very similar to someone not having a plan.

I’m with Julian,” I say at last. This, after all, is what I have chosen.

Holy, fair, and wise is she; The heaven such grace did lend her, That she might admired be.