Why would you get up there and bore people? I never have figured that out. These people are supposedly in the entertainment industry, and they finally get up there to that podium and they become the most boring people in the world.
One of the things I like about acting is that, in a funny way, I come back to myself.
Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one.
Movie acting suits me because I only need to be good for ninety seconds at a time.
Acting is a mysterious process.
Very often, human beings are living like on autopilot, reacting automatically with what happens. What interests me about the life of an explorer is you are in the unknown; you are out of your habits.
A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.
I'm just looking for things to steal [on working with great actors]. It's like going back to acting school. When you're around people that do it well and you get your head out of your ass, you can really learn something.
Good acting is about being as natural and calm as possible. These days producers have such definite ideas that you have to be prepared to do whatever they ask.
When someone's acting for a scene, they can fool the camera. But in everyday life, unless you're watching and censoring yourself every minute, or spending all your time in the company of ladies, what you feel is bound to show in your eyes.