I Grew Up In An Apolitical Household.

I Think The Most Important Thing For An Actor Is Reading The Script And Trying To Figure Out If You Can Play That Character Well. The Last Thing On My Mind Is If The Director Made Good Movies Previously. It's Not My Job To Know If That Director's Last Movie Was Any Good - It's My Job To Know If I Can Play The Role.

No Compliment Is Ever Sufficient And Every Insult, Of Course, Is True.

When You Do A Play, You Have The Kind Of Nightly Feeling Of Accomplishment. But You Also Have The Daily Dread Of The Doing It Every Night. And Because You're Doing The Whole Thing Every Day, It's Like Climbing Up The Mountain Every Single Night. With A Movie It's Like Climbing The Mountain Very Slowly, Over Months Of Filming.

I Don't Watch The Movies I've Been In. I Try To Stay As Little Aware Of The Final Product As Possible, Because My Job Doesn't Really Change.

If You Went To Harvard Medical School, Chances Are You'll Be A Doctor At Some Place. There's A Career Trajectory. Acting, There's Nothing. It's Constantly Trying To Procure Jobs - It's Very Disconcerting.