I think if you start to think too much about things that are completely out of control, it will just drive you crazy as an actor.

I can safely say that I had an incredibly difficult and trying past growing up and trying to be an artist and standing up as who I am in this world.

To be honest with you, my physical state is usually dictated by the project I'm working on at a given time.

I want to work with anyone who's passionate about telling a story. I obviously have a list of people I really love, but it's a really long list.

I don't care about the size of the roles, or how they're marketed or billed or anything like that. I would love to be a part of stories that tell us about where we've come from, where we are, where we're going - with great directors.

I never feel more confident and comfortable than when I'm wearing a Tom Ford suit.

I like to just work with great directors.

I'm a kid that went to theater school. I thought I was going to be making my living doing plays regionally or in New York or on Broadway, and maybe if I got lucky I would do a movie here or there.

As actors you're always going to take certain roles that are in your comfort zone and take ones that aren't.

What we really have to do is stop the adjective before the job title - whether it's 'black actor,' a 'gay actor' or anything actor.

I don't know anybody who walks through life all the time in the doldrums, constantly serious and morose. But that's become what we generalize as drama.

My standard uniform is a T-shirt and jeans.

I lived in several hotels, yeah. You have to try to make it home.

I feel very, very thankful to have the family that I do.

I see what kids in the business have to watch. It's tough to do.

We didn't get to see a lot of movies in my house growing up, so the first time I got to go to the movies - I think it was 'E.T.' - I was like, 'Oh my God, somebody else gets my imagination!'

My favorite actors are people who I don't know anything about, and I can project any character onto them.

It's a struggle for anybody to take their paradigms and set of beliefs and understandings and completely flip the script.

There was so much going on in 1936 with the height of the Great Depression and the Spanish Civil War and Germany on the move and all of those things. There was a tension in the air.

I like 'Citizen Kane,' I like 'The Godfather,' all the ones that everyone should see, whether you're an actor or not.

New York City is one of the greatest places on the planet. You have the best in food, art, theatre, and definitely people-watching.

I sort of take cues from my grandparents.

We all have a great deal of admirable qualities, and we all have some that could probably be improved upon.

When I was 8 years old, I asked my parents to get me head shots, and they were like, 'What are you talking about? Go outside and play!' I'm so glad they did.