My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election.

I love my mother and father. The older I get, the more I value everything that they gave me.

I have Slavic fat pads that make me look like a chipmunk and arched predatory eyebrows. With that, you're not going to get funny. That's why I play so many bad guys.

You'd think true masculinity was just calm and collected happiness. So alpha male that it needs not or worries not. But typically masculine characters are always fighting, and most violence comes from some agitated level of fear and anxiety.

I find old women at weddings and funerals attractive; I have this weird mortality thing.

I did some research into what was going on in terms of the sexual revolution that was happening in the '60s in the gay community and particularly in the drag world. Before the '60s, guys doing drag would dress like their mothers or iconic Hollywood actresses.

That's really how I got started was doing Shakespeare. When I got out of school, I was lucky enough to meet George Wolfe, who ran The Public Theater.

It's good to overexpose yourself with work. But don't expose yourself too much with the press.

There's nothing more exciting than that conversation you have with a live audience. It's the best feeling in the world.