I don't think playing a villain is my greatest talent.

The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.

In reality, conclusions are muddy, there are no final curtains, and life just goes on.

Obviously the first roles that you’re proud of are the ones that everybody else liked too.

Good directors say, Here’s where the play is. They stand by the heart of the matter. Some of them stand beside it.

I don’t think there’s anything to be desired in a bunch of people chasing you around, trying to get a piece of your clothing.

I’m sort of obsessed with the news. That is a syndrome. But I don’t watch a whole lot of TV.

If I have to be typecast, I’d like it to be as Abraham Lincoln.

I’ve been able to do things that allow me to hold my head up and still be popular.

We’re paid to care. That’s what actors get their money for. But the main goal is not for the actors to be frustrated at the end of the show, but for the audience to be throwing their shoes at the television set. That’s what we’re trying for.