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What you always try to do, as an actor, is find the thing that's universal in the person.
I can't say I follow it, but I've watched 'Downton Abbey' a couple of times and loved it.
Left love behind many years ago. Now it rests under a cross in the cemetery in Tombstone.
Israel changed my life. It is one of the most amazing countries that I have ever been to.
My wife and I lived in Chicago for two months, and we went to a lot of great restaurants.
When lines are great, they're easy to do. You just find the essence of it, and you do it.
I love to unwind and watch movies, especially those from the classic black-and-white era.
It's such a pleasure to work in these movies, it's almost like it's not really happening.
Helping people develop their own brilliance is much more effective than giving them yours
We're given a code to live our lives by. We don't always follow it, but it's still there.
I started a theater called Steppenwolf. We've been very supportive of the veterans there.
When people smile in your direction when you do something, you tend to continue to do it.
Directing is really exciting. In the end, it's more fun to be the painter than the paint.
I'm interested in making films that ask questions and don't particularly provide answers.
I think I'm a fan of people who were brave, my aunt, my grandmother, those are my heroes.
Funnily enough, when I originally went in for my screen test, that set was already built.
It just seems silly to me that something so right and simple has to be fought for at all.
I walked the streets of New York for two years begging for a job, and I couldn't get one.
Anyone who still supports George Bush would still let Michael Jackson babysit their kids.
I had a huge Indian wedding, and I did it for my wife, and I did it for my white friends.
My goal is just to continue to find mediums to tell stories that I think need to be told.
You could build three hospitals with the cost of one film and I take that very seriously.
Nature is a definite thing. But nurture is just as powerful. It can really mess with you.
She turned towards me and narrowed her eyes...narrowed them horizontally, not vertically.
People sometimes forget how important #‎ Broadway is as a place for young actors to grow.
There is no differentiation between all living things: trees, river, animals, and humans.
There's truth and then there's fiction - I think truth does exist and you can present it.
I really enjoy working in genre series, because you really have to create the characters.
Over my career, I've had to do a lot of shows that involve stunts, and I so enjoy stunts.
When you're doing superhero stunts, the objective is to look as cool as humanly possible.
There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
I don't have any plugs or tucks but people do what they want. I look at it as mutilation.
Even as an actor, I think like a storyteller. My parents raised us to look at the script.
I enjoy running, especially in a new city, so when Im on tour thats always a good option.
British actors are pretty good, by and large, at turning on at 'action' and off at 'cut.'
The older I get, the more I believe in practice and work over natural talent and ability.
I feel good that I have my life in order. I'm not addicted to anything that I'm aware of.
Nobody wants to hear R&B. It's sad. If you want to be on the radio you got to stay young.
I think I was pretty reckless and definitely a bit out of control. Now, I'm more focused.
I was a skateboarder when I was little; I still skateboard. I teach my kids how to skate.
I'm from Canada and my wife is from St. Albans, so I feel a great kinship with the Brits.
Obviously musical theatre is not my thing, but dramatic theatre is much more up my alley.
I don't go in for the high-end gyms with the high-tech equipment and all the fancy stuff.
I can't imagine what it would be like being James Bond 24 hours. That must be exhausting.
I don't work in movies and TV because I adore acting, it's because I adore movies and TV.
I like to be fulfilled in telling stories and in creating, but I'm just a curious person.
I don't like having too many projects in the pipeline. I like to focus on what's at hand.
The actors I admired were Bogart, Cagney, Cooper, Tracy. Great personalities. Real stars.
I like to think of myself as a character actor, though there's some redundancy in that...
Whenever you're the child of a famous person, you get judged in odd ways because of that.