I have an iPad and I watch three things: ‘The Daily Show,’ ‘60 Minutes,’ and ‘Meet the Press.’
I live in New York City, so there’s so much stimulation when you walk outside, it does not require a television in the home.
I write plays instinctively. I don’t like writing movie scripts.
I’m no good at really anything that involves motor skills.
I don’t understand capri pants. They seem like neither here nor there.
I don’t go to movies, I don’t own a television, I don’t buy magazines and I try not to receive mail, so I’m not really aware of popular culture.
I get very homesick, but otherwise it’s a great privilege to get to travel for work.
Mother Teresa was asked what was the meaning of life, and she said to help other people, and I thought, ‘What a strange thing to say’ – but maybe it’s the right thing to say.
I am actually going to two therapists right now. I don’t know, I actually feel like therapy has just made me more uncomfortable.
Acting forces me to socialise, which is good for me, I think.
Actors dread working with studios because they dictate what you do in a way that independent movies can’t.
All of my pleasures are guilty, but that’s just the way I’m wired.
As an actor, you have to be open to doing things where you look stupid, to be experimental.
As an actor, you try to bring as much of yourself to a part to try and create a feeling of authenticity and emotional truth and resonance.
Depression, if it’s an unconsciously elected experience, is a luxury.
I did children’s theater when I was younger, and then when I was about 14 I started doing theater in New York City.
I don’t follow sports that much now, but I was a Phoenix Suns fanatic in the early ’90s.
It’s very hard to be a playwright because it’s very competitive.
People ask me what my hobbies are in interviews, and I always say biking. But all I bike for is to get to rehearsal more quickly.
The frustrating part of being a movie actor is waiting in your trailer to do two takes of a scene you’ve prepared for two months.