The weird thing about this business - and I'm sure this operates in many other things, but it's very present and acute in this business - is that a lot of people don't realize that they have power. Particularly actors.

It's been very important for me to follow my gut or my heart, or whichever organ you want to go by.

If someone puts up $100 million on a movie, they're gonna be concerned about whether they'll get it back. So they're not gonna make a movie about three girls, you know?

I tried to do the commercial thing. But I don't want to keep shoving Twinkies down everyone's throat. People are hungry for something of more substance.

I see my job as an actor to be as good a channel as I can be. Acting is a gift, and I have respect for it.

When it's working, what acting is really about is getting into the essence of a moment in a creative, joyous way - through whatever frees you up.