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I'm not against watching myself, but I miss a lot of it. I've got two little kids who we don't let watch TV.

The bar raises as you go.

I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.

Oh yeah, that's the Holy Grail, Pirates of the Caribbean. Johnny Depp, he's the real deal, isn't he? He doesn't get the girl, and he doesn't care.

Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.

I'm really proud of the writing on Door to Door, and I think that's the Emmy that meant the most - the writing.

When I watch a film I get swept away. I don't really watch the camera.

If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then I decide to do it.

I think theater is powerful. The best experiences I had in the theater are more powerful than the best experiences I had in movies.

Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.

William H. Macy