What is a movie star? A movie star is many things. They can be tall, short, thin, or skinny. They can be Democrats... or skinny.
Every kid wants to be an actor. When I was a kid, I thought, 'Oh, it'd be great to be like Errol Flynn. I want to be an actor.'
I'm an actor. It's like being a bricklayer. Sometimes I'm building a little wall, and the next time I'm building a palace.
I just did a part in 'Sin City 2.' I got to do a scene with Ray Liotta. Amazing man, extraordinary gentleman who was just so kind to me... I'm so excited about that; I think it's gonna be very cool.
When you do a Tom Cruise movie, you don't do a Tom Cruise movie and ask a lot of questions.
I majored in theater. I did plays. But musicals were not my thing.
It's easy to be a movie star. The shoes are already there. They just put you in the shoes.
When I was a kid, I wanted to be an actor in classics like Shaw and Shakespeare and Chekov and Ibsen.
Casting is storytelling.
Every actor tries to come to Broadway be it Richard Burton, Marlon Brando or Liz Taylor or Shirley McClain.
I'd worked with Sam Barnett before in 'The History Boys' and he's a dear friend of mine.
I've been in training for stardom.
You can say your lines a million different ways and play your character a million different ways and still hit the common, agreed-upon finish line.
I'd love to do a drama.
I don't know who the actresses all are. I've never heard of Kate but I'm sure she'll do fine.
I love working in New York theater.
You never really know as an actor; it's completely out of your control, in terms of editing, and music, and film stock, shot selection, and what takes they use.
My tryst with theatre began in 1968, after the last day of school in that academic year.
I'm an actor and this is a role I'm playing. But people can get wacky.
In television, a sitcom is probably the closest thing to what it's like working in the theater.
There is such a thing as my kind of actor, and how well they pull off my dialogue is a very, very important part of it.
One of my favorites is 'Parks and Recreation.' Great show; awesome writing; beautiful, diverse cast. They also have a very diverse writer's room, which I love.
I've been doing plays ever since school. There's never really been a stop to it.
Writing a film is like building a brick wall. You have a plan, and you have the blocks. Then, somebody says, 'I think we'll take this stone out of here and put it over there. And while we're at it, let's make this stone red and that stone green.'
In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be.
