If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character.

Quote by William Hurt

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Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be...

Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be...

You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least...

You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least...

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.

The thing is David is also aware of everything and it's not like you're going...

The thing is David is also aware of everything and it's not like you're going...

I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time...

I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time...

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was...

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was...

I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.

I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.

I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you...

I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you...

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the...

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the...

The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me...

The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me...

People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it...

People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it...

I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how...

I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how...

I was a science fiction junkie for a long time.

I was a science fiction junkie for a long time.

The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done.

The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done.

I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people.

I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people.

I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations.

I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations.

I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily.

I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily.

Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study.

Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study.

Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm...

Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm...

The thing is, I don't believe in most of what's done. The amount of financial...

The thing is, I don't believe in most of what's done. The amount of financial...