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In many ways, acting is really like a science to me to figure out the human behavior of any character that I'm playing.

It is crucial for scientists to be willing to be wrong; otherwise, you might not do the most important experiments, or you may ignore your most important findings.

If it seems like you're doing work when you're acting, then you're doing something wrong.

Acting is a form of confusion.

I think people are always trying to demystify whatever acting is, so they want to know what your method is.

I've only half-admitted I'm a professional. I know I am, I've paid my dues, but one of the things I could do better when I'm acting is to really be rigorous and to think I know how to do it. To use my brain.

Acting is not an intellectual process for me. It comes from my heart. It's this strange netherworld of osmosis where I simply become.

When all is said and done, science actually takes hard work and a willingness to sometimes find out that your most cherished hypothesis is wrong.

I'm on a crusade to get movie directors to get their science right because, more often than they believe, the science is more extraordinary than anything they can invent.

Acting is all about finding the truth within whatever world you're in.