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Well, I think any actor can probably identify with being a professional liar. You don't always look at yourself that way, but I know a lot of days I do.

I'm an actor, but I am an awful liar.

There are two types of actors: those who say they don't want to be famous, and those who are liars.

We all grew up on movies with scenes where the actor is lying, and you know he's lying, but he wants to make sure you know it's a lie, and so he overacts and all but winks at you, and everybody in the world except for the girl he's talking to knows he's lying.

I think you can tell when someone is being dishonest as an actor.

I know why people lie to themselves in life, but I'll never understand the appeal of the dishonest theater where the actor doesn't make some earnest attempt to include their own honest humanity in their collaboration with an author. It's so ugly to me that it hurts sometimes to see it happen.

I've said before that the common perception that all good actors should be good liars is exactly the opposite; only bad actors lie when they act.

Any actor who is being honest will admit there's always a small or large part of the real you in every character. It's impossible not to have that.

I would like to think that I'm always honest with myself and others. I guess that's what makes me a half-decent actor.