I've had presidents in my lifetime - and I'm old enough to have seen several - that I really detested, but they're still my president. I've had presidents that I've really liked.
The office of the presidency is what's important, no matter who's in it.
We all want to pretend that there isn't evil in the world. We all want to pretend that there aren't people trying to take us out and different things like that.
I've got a family, and I love them, and I want them to have the best opportunities in the best country in the world, and I think we have to fight for it.
I'm not going to make my living out of beating my head against somebody else.
You don't do classics with a Texas accent.
I've auditioned five or six times. I'm not very good at it.
I come prepared when I come to work. Not just knowing the lines, but I think I know something about what I do.
When 'Deadwood' came along, it was totally like Shakespeare. The long speeches were like soliloquies. If one phrase of a monologue was out of whack, the entire one-page speech didn't work.
I have always been attracted to good scripts and try hard to make characters as believable as possible. That means trying to figure out how they would react to situations, what they eat, think, and feel.
We're in the business of making films, not striking or anything else.
I like to think of myself as fairly intellectual.
If there is anything I am about, it is I want justice in society.
There are more heroes than cops, FBI agents, and lawyers.
We have real cliched ideas of what prison life is like. It is not a happy place. It's a desperate, sad situation.
There's something about playing the baddies that people like. They're more fun, and people tend to remember them, particularly if you do them well.
It's never a matter of career decisions. I don't think in those terms. What matters is whether a role is interesting, if I will enjoy playing it, and if I'm confident I can do a good job.
Since I've had some success, story and character are always the two elements I think about first in material presented to me. Some of my choices have been more successful than others.
Actors have far fewer choices than the public thinks they do.
I like to do things that are about relationships, work with quality people, and tell a different kind of story.
