I'm Definitely Still Wild At Heart.

A Lot Of People In The Middle Of Their Lives Have A Secret Yearning For More Romance.

I Wanted To Be The Best Actor Possible. I Worked Very Hard At The Craft Of It.

When I Come Up Against A Director Who Has A Concept That I Don't Agree With, Or Maybe I Just Haven't Thought Of It Or Whatever, I'd Be More Prone To Go With Them Than My Own Because I Want To Be Out Of Control As An Actor, I Want Them To Have The Control, Otherwise It's Going To Become Predictably My Work, And That's Not Fun.

Decent People Shouldn't Live Here. They'd Be Happier Some Place Else.

I Think That's What Distinguishes Schmidt, Really. In The Movies Now, So Much Of What Is Appealing To An Audience Is The Dramatic Or Has To Do With Science Fiction, And Schmidt Is Simply Human. There's No Melodrama; There's No Device, It's Just About A Human Being.