Well, the fact is that one imagination is critically important, and if you have had your imagination stimulated by what is basically a variety of subjects, you are much more amenable to accepting, to understanding and interacting with the realities of the world.
I was always told I was special. And I was also assured that I had a gift and a purpose.
I've always been crazy for the American songbook.
You don't stay married for 35 years by accident. I think that that's willful and intentional and something that both people really want.
Yeah, I've had the privilege to know a lot of really talented people.
When I accept a role, I feel that as an artist I have to submit completely to the tutelage of my director. And while I expect to be heard and encouraged and honored, at the end of the day, man, it's the way the director wants it.
Some Kentucky fans are a little more subdued.
Ruby in Paradise and the intensity and quality that I was able to experience on Smoke were equally as important to me as working on this movie every day for three-and-a-half months.
It's up to us to take pop culture back and to express quality and dignity for both boys and girls.
People say that to me and I think what unites all my characters is that they are hurt; it's most accurate to say I play characters that are hurt but are responding to their environment.
I've been devoted to Alison Krauss for many, many years.
No, I don't tolerate pressure from anyone about anything.
When I was working on Eye of the Beholder, I played a character who is so aloof that my whole lifestyle became very aloof. If someone knocked on my door, there was a part of me that went into a rage, because I wanted to be isolated and alone.
More often than what you're suggesting, I find people are surprised that I have an urban side to me.
Regardless, we are a two career household, and it's Dario's season, and I'm really excited about going racing.