My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election.
I love my mother and father. The older I get, the more I value everything that they gave me.
I have Slavic fat pads that make me look like a chipmunk and arched predatory eyebrows. With that, you're not going to get funny. That's why I play so many bad guys.
There's nothing more exciting than that conversation you have with a live audience. It's the best feeling in the world.
Hamlet is a remarkably easy role. Physically it's hard because it tends to be about three hours long and you're talking the whole time. But it's a simple role and it adapts itself very well, because the thing about Hamlet is, we all are Hamlet.
I've got nothing against L.A. I think it is a really beautiful place. To be able to surf and get out in the Pacific Ocean every once in a while. The hiking, all of that is amazing. I love it there.
I didn't think that a career in theater was very realistic so I thought the only thing I could make money doing and still be somewhat artistic was, god help me, advertising.
I'm not that interested in working with impervious people.
If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic.
Everyone assumes that novelists are smarter and more interesting. They're generally smarter and more interesting, but they're often very short. So it kind of cancels all the smart and interesting stuff out.
I struggle with the idea of comparing people's work and art. The notion of giving awards or putting a competitive spin on something that is a relative art form is sort of odd to me.
You know, I have a deep, deep affinity for Dr. Seuss.
It's good to overexpose yourself with work. But don't expose yourself too much with the press.
I really don't think there is anybody in the business with better eyes than Elijah Wood.
The skill set for hockey is so specific to skating and if you haven't been skating as a kid it's impossible to play - and I wasn't a skater.
If you fall in love with somebody you're working with, fine, but wait till your project is over.
As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong.
I live with an 18-month-old Jack Russell named Chicken. He moved in about 15 months ago, and it was very hard at first because I work a lot and he doesn't.
I find old women at weddings and funerals attractive; I have this weird mortality thing.
I think, the first time I played Iago at the Public Theater, I realized I had a - much to my chagrin - I realized I had an instinct for these conflicted characters, for these torn characters, for these characters who could be described as evil. I wouldn't describe them that way.
