To me, one of the main things that a director does is create the tone of his movie.

I like anything that is like an obstruction, something that I have to act through is good.

If all the circumstances of acting are made to easy, then there's no grain of sand to make the pearl.

It is very possible that I could have ended up on 80 acres of land by myself, and fallen in love at a distance with a gorgeous woman I could never have been with.

Im okay with being unimpressive. I sleep better.

I don't really worry about being typecast much. I mean, everyone in Hollywood is typecast to a degree.

I've always looked at the world as a place where people have done evil things. There are people in the world, for instance, that would describe Americans as evil.

I like to work as an actor. Not just for money, but because I really enjoy acting.

I just pick the best roles that are left over, and they usually aren't the heterosexual, leading-man, non-drug-addict parts. And once you get into doing them, people know you do them.

I frequently gravitate toward characters that have some urgency or soul.

Even a good politician, someone who is very ambitious, chooses not to see trouble.

Our individual reality is borne out of our interpretations. Interpretations come from our experiences.

True gratitude ascends to the highest altitudes.

Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or prison.

In film, you are a totally different person than in the video.

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.

As our self-interests differ, so do our feelings.

The French have a phrase for it. The bastards have a phrase for everything and they are always right. To say goodbye is to die a little.

I reckon silence more profitable than speech, for? in the words of the Preacher, 'The words of wise men are heard in quiet' (Eccles. 9:17).

Those who decided to stick with her would be her true friends. The others would just be scenery.