Getting hired. With the possible exception of my daughters’ births and my wedding day, the happiest moments of my life were when someone offered me a job.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 8 September 2017 source ↗
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A family dinner. Candlelight. Lots of laughs.
The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 June 2025 source ↗
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Megan Rapinoe
United States international footballer, 2006–2023
“Until we are all free, we are none of us free.” —Emma Lazarus. Perfect happiness exists only in my imagination at the moment.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 July 2020 source ↗
A plate of fettuccine ragù with my kids.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 24 February 2021 source ↗
Being at peace with God.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 25 November 2001 source ↗
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Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2025 source ↗
My wife – for her intelligence, talent, ability to survive this business and be such a fantastic mother to our two kids. (Of course, I have to say that, because she’s sitting right here.)
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 November 2018 source ↗
As someone who did what he could with what he had.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 November 2018 source ↗
They want nothing but friendship.
Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 3 June 2025 source ↗
Before I knew what being an actor was, I wanted to be one.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 November 2018 source ↗
I can’t stand the way my voice will crack if I’m making a speech. I hate public speaking and the emotion it dredges up.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2025 source ↗
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