Actors Are Always Outsiders. It's Necessary To

I Don't Like A Lot Of Things Like [iraq], I Never Did. Being In A Position Of Celebrity And Having Your Words Carry Such Unnatural Weight...i've Always Been A Bit Squeamish When It Came To That Kind Of Thing.

The Actor Becomes An Emotional Athlete.

It Would Be Hard To Play A Character You Don't Like - For Me Anyway - Or Can't Find Something In Them To Like.

Failure's Relative. I've Always Felt, Even Early On, If I Lose The Freedom To Fail, Something's Not Right About That. It's How You Treat Failure, Too. There's Something To Learn From It. I've Had Movies That Have Failed Colossally, So You Kind Of Analyze Your Failures: What Kind Of Failure Was It? A Failure Because It's Misunderstood By Others? A Failure Because You Misunderstood It Yourself?

Great Directors Can Understand The Staging In Such A Way That Can Make A Scene Come Alive. Others Have A Certain Way Of Pacing The Scene.