No, I knew when I was doing theater in New York that this was what I was supposed to be doing.

Unless you look like Brad Pitt, it's really hard to have full control of your character.

Im a character actor, and I made a choice when I was young, after Mystic Pizza, not to go for the mainstream stuff, and to do a more eclectic kind of route.

It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.

This haunting idea of becoming a celebrity doesn't settle well with me at all.

When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear.

It's pretty simple, pretty obvious: that people's first impressions of people are really a big mistake.

If you try to go beyond your interests just for the sake of pretensions or wealth, your art becomes less legitimate.

To me the definition of true masculinity - and femininity, too - is being able to lay in your own skin comfortably.

The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101.

I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to.

Don't wait to forgive until you feel like forgiving

If it’s over, then don’t let the past screw up the rest of your life.

I use so much of myself in everything I do. I think every actor does because you have no one else to go to but yourself and your own imagination.

If you don't know how to meditate at least try to spend some time every day just sitting.

There are more teams looking for pitchers than there are pitchers. That's why it's pricey.

Look in the mirror and see who you are. Beautiful, you are.

You are the woman of my heart. The one I have been awaiting the whole of my life, though I didn't know it until I spied you. there isn't one thing that makes you special to me, but all things.

The Indian gods are imposing, the Greek gods are not. Indeed they are not brave, not self-controlled, they have no manners, they are not gentlemen and ladies.

My first real breakthrough collided with the last months of Callaghan's Labour government, which had every intention of enjoying my success as much as I did.

If you can’t state your position in eight words, you don’t have a position.