Are we just pretending to be unhappy so that we can add drama to our lives, so that we seem more substantial?
We’re all capable of anything as human beings. Any emotion, any action. We really are.
I also write plays, so I understand the writers mind, and how obsessed you can get writing.
Give me good writing, and I’ll play it all day.
The indie world changed when the economy went south. I was frustrated with doing something, then waiting for it to come out, and sometimes it never did, or would just play in New York for 50 people. So I really wanted to try something else.
Well, the music industry is littered with actors who belatedly came to singing.
You see a lot of these movies that are really just 90-minute video games. The effects are incredible. I get it: There’s an art to that, terrific. I’m not interested in it, but there’s an art to that I suppose.
I learned a long time ago that the show you’re going to see isn’t the one you have in your head. As soon as you understand that, you’re going to enjoy it a lot more.
One of the more noble things the Oscars can do is pay attention to movies no one knows about. Blockbusters don’t need much help.
Every actor just wants good writing.
I have done all of the genres, and the dramatic role is my favorite.
I don’t watch dailies. I don’t pretend not to read reviews, I just don’t. I wait for it to come on the air, just like everybody else.
I just never did buy this idea that you have to live in Los Angeles to be an actor. I didn’t see that as a requirement in my job description.
I love the theater, but if I had to choose, I would choose a film at this time in my life. Something meaty, to sink my teeth into.
You know, its really strange now with the Internet, with everyone having an unsolicited, anonymous opinion.
I know I’m not bipolar or schizophrenic, but this career allows you to explore, to take some facets of yourself and spin it.
I always wanted to do films. I’d gone to New York early in 1976 and did a lot of theater, but I really wanted to chase the paths of people like Pacino and Lemmon and those guys. Alan Arkin. Film was where I wanted to go.
I think the American electorate should work a little harder at getting informed. That includes hearing, truly listening, to what the other side is saying. Whether you’re left or right.
There are so many projects that you go into hoping the story works, and here comes a new third act and that kind of thing.
Meryl Streep’s brilliant, just brilliant. I’ve been fortunate to do two movies with Meryl. And for an actor to go moment to moment like she does, there’s no one better. And she dances between moments. Each take is different because she’s riding instincts, she’s riding impulses. And she trusts that.