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Some actors are brilliant in David Mamet, but they would crash and burn in my plays and visa-versa. You either have my music in your body, or you don't.

You know, Mamet is not a huge writer of female parts. Most of his movies don't even have women in them, so I'm lucky I'm in it at all.

There's nothing like a play. It's so immediate and every performance is different. As an actor, you have the most control over what the audience is seeing.

Actors are actors, and there should be a complete fluidity for anyone to play anything.

I loved being in the room with Mamet as a director - he is the most generous, funny, delightful person to work for every day.

The process of doing plays will make you an actor.

I think from an actor's point of view, you always want something to play that's dramatic or something that feels like it could be very bold in choice. And of course, the boldest possible choice you could play at the end of a character's life is death.

As an actor, that's the most that you can hope for - not only being part of a story, but being part of a story that matters.

An actor should be ready to play any role within reason. For example, I think the most ridiculous thing for me to do would be to try and play Shakespeare.

Acting is what happens on the way.