The Oscar nomination made me a recognizable name to other actors and people in general.

An actor really suffers when the director isn't prepared because you start running out of time for the shoot and then have to do it fast.

That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.

People who are interested in the arts and theater are such a minority.

It's hard to regulate the speed at which you can achieve something creative and emotional.

And my first film was Carnal Knowledge, another amazing experience, largely because of Mike Nichols, who would tell me you can't do anything wrong because you're doing everything right.

My face is my career.

Work is the most nourishing thing so far in my life.

I don't like that I'm my own commodity, that I am what I sell.

I know I'll work, but not when or where. I never know what to pack.

I only eat things that you don't have to kill.

To say goodbye is to die a little.

I will rather be poor doing what I love, than to be rich hating what I do.

It’s about recognizing that the great movements and moments in history laid on the backs of ordinary people who simply chose to do extraordinary things.

MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people's beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.

Nothing can save something that is not meant to be, no matter how hard you try.

As I get older and I get more of this dialogue and I lose more and more brain cells, it really does become the most difficult part of the job!

We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.

You get such a kick and then it's all over. That's good ground for uncertainty and depression. I usually burst into tears.

Up until like five seconds ago, I just took what jobs came along.

The Miami Heat has the best fans.