My Life Is Pretty Simple And Normal.

Anything That's Expanding The Mind And Heart Is Happiness. But It's Not A Goal.

I Always Remember What Bob Dylan Said In That [martin] Scorsese Documentary On Him. When He Was Asked About Joan Baez's Complaints About The Way He Treated Her When They Were Together, Dylan Laughed And Said, "it's Impossible To Be In Love And Wise At The Same Time."

One Of The Joys Of Being An Actor Is That You're Always Learning New Things. And I've Been Doing This Since I Was 19, So There's Been A Lot Of New Things I Have Learned For Each Part. I Always Assume That I Can Do It.

Sometimes It's An External Approach Where One Can Learn The Skills Required, Let's Say, Learn To Play The Trumpet And In That Process Other Things Happen. It's Magical: Through The Process Of Practicing Four Hours A Day You Start Focusing On Emotion And When You Pick Up The Trumpet It's Filled With Feeling.

People Have A Different Idea Of How Movies Are Made Than They Really Are. On A Certain Level, Everyone Throws Ideas Into The Hopper. It's Not Like The Actors Are Wind-up Dolls That You Push Out Onto The Floor, Play With, Then Put Back In The Box. You Get People Around You Who You Trust; The Writer, The Producer, The Director And All The Actors All Contribute.