Every Actor Just Wants Good Writing.

One Of The More Noble Things The Oscars Can Do Is Pay Attention To Movies No One Knows About. Blockbusters Don't Need Much Help.

You See A Lot Of These Movies That Are Really Just 90-minute Video Games. The Effects Are Incredible. I Get It: There's An Art To That, Terrific. I'm Not Interested In It, But There's An Art To That I Suppose.

And The Actors Tend Not To Want To Watch Themselves Very Often. I'm One Of Those Guys.

There Is No Best Anything In Art. Phillip [hoffman] Isn't Better Than Heath [ledger]; Joaquin [phoenix] Isn't Better Than David [strathairn] Or Terence [howard]. They Aren't Better Than Me. We All Do Different Things. It's More Of A Celebration Of A Lot Of Great Work Than To Give The Gold To Somebody. The Underappreciated Factor Certainly Has Gone Away.

I Always Wanted To Do Films. I'd Gone To New York Early In 1976 And Did A Lot Of Theater, But I Really Wanted To Chase The Paths Of People Like Pacino And Lemmon And Those Guys. Alan Arkin. Film Was Where I Wanted To Go.