I Love The Comic Opportunities That Come

The Job's Always The Same. It Involves Helping To Tell The Story And Creating An Alloy Between Character And Story That Serves The Film.

There Comes A Point When You've Exhausted Your Opportunities Playing Good Guys. I've Been Around Long Enough, I Think I'm Entitled To Explore A Bit. But What I Saw There Was An Opportunity To Play A Character Different From What The Audience's Expectation Was. A Chance To Take Their Crude Experience Of Me - Of My Iconography, If You Will - And Turn It On Its Ear At An Appropriate Juncture In The Film To Be Useful To The Process Of Telling The Story.

I Played Maybe One And A Half Games Of Little League. The Whole Atmosphere Of Anxious Parents And More Anxious Children Was Just Too Much For Me.

What's Important Is To Be Able To See Yourself, I Think, As Having Commonality With Other People And Not Determine, Because Of Your Good Luck, That Everybody Is Less Significant, Less Interesting, Less Important Than You Are.

I Think I Did Have A Reputation For Being Grumpy. I Don't Think I'm Grumpy. I Have Opinions. I Have An Independent Vision. I Am A Purposeful Person. But On A Daily Basis, I Think I'm Other Than Grumpy. I Think It Is A Case Where I Am Coming To Do Business And Not There Just To Be Flattered And Cajoled And Used.