"My idea in terms of managing a narrative, or in thinking in my creative life, is that you could easily argue that the past, the present and the future all occur simultaneously, and if you can postulate that, then you're not strictly bound to a linear narrative."

"If you want to know about my politics, the only way to do that is to look at my work."

"I fear other actors who are not prepared. And I fear directors who are afraid."

"All my life I've had the privilege to make my living with my imagination, and the most important thing has been to see my creative life grow. I was educated to do that and have lived accordingly."

"My next adventure will be being in a car with Mischa at the wheel."

"If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind."

"There is no great genius without a mixture of madness."

"In a lot of movies, especially big studio ones, they're not constructed in any other way than to get people to like them and then tell their friends. It's a product."