I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people.

At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve.

I'm a little bit perverse, and I just hate doing the thing that's the most obvious.

If you remain unsettled by a piece of writing, it means you are not watching the story from the outside; you've already taken a step toward it.

Just stay alive, no matter what occurs! I will find you. No matter how long it takes, no matter how far. I will find you!

I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.

I find it difficult to be in rooms now for long periods of time. I can usually take it for about an hour. Then I stride out.

You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.

I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.

A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character.

I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot.

I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching.

Acting is about people. Other people. Otherwise, you're not acting, you're doing monologues.

The more articulate somebody is, the more suspicious I am of them. I like to feel that the important things remain unsaid.

Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.

A lot of acting is private time.

The actor becomes an emotional athlete.

I turned down a lot of films before I made my first one. I knew that it was time for me to get into movies.

I don't need bodyguards. I'm from the South Bronx.