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I like to act because I can forget about everything else.
It's important to move the theatre into the 21st Century.
It's so hard to make a comedy pilot and have a cool idea.
There are a lot of techniques for developing a character.
I have a psychology degree, but I was a real theater rat.
My first ever stage performance was in Edinburgh in 1960.
I'd like a glass of cold gravy with a hair in it, please.
I live my life. And the best place to do that is Chicago.
For me, success is inner peace. That's a good day for me.
Oh, well, my first love is comedy or singing and dancing.
Directors should be paid for promising impossible things.
I used to play drums when I was a kid, play the trombone.
My favorite movie of all time is probably Apocalypse Now.
No, I don't think 'The Wire' screwed up my career at all.
Taking a call girl to an STD fair... there's a joke here.
When you do bigger films, the financiers take more risks.
I was in the band when I was a kid, I played the trumpet.
Music is the surest way of reaching someone else's heart.
My dream role would be anything where I get to tap-dance.
As a father, safety is always a top of mind issue for me.
I was a kid who went to film school and fell into acting.
A lot of people my age are so hyper. I like hyper people.
Some people have youth, some have beauty – I have menace.
I like acting; I like being lost in the creative process.
I grew up in New York in an English-speaking environment.
It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper.
I love music and I always seem to have a tune in my head.
Every woman feels she is too old and has missed the boat.
It is important to make the best out of every generation.
We've been talking about Lorde like crazy! She's amazing!
I may like L.A., but I want to know when the seasons are.
As a drama student I got into Thirties and Forties suits.
I'm thrilled I can make a living doing something I enjoy.
Having 'Oscar winner' on your tombstone is a great thing.
I not only get recognized - I get recognized from behind.
To be a character actor is to be open, to be a chameleon.
I'm always trying to be a good ambassador for my country.
The irony is that you can't use real rain to make movies.
I'm all for dropping lawyers into any war time situation.
If you have to tell them who you are, you aren't anybody.
I've been blessed. I've worked with a lot of good people.
'Ghosts' is the most incredible play I've read for years.
Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.
It is 2017, and we are living in the golden age of lying.
I believe acting truly is harnessing the power of belief.
If you've got nothing else, passion will get you through.
You see, I don't know how to ride a motorcycle, actually.
How we learn has nothing to do with how brilliant we are.
I love you all too much, it's one of just of my problems.
Well, fluffy shirts are, by definition, very comfortable.