I like working with Sandra and with directors who embrace flaw and mis — Sandra Seacat

"Sandra believes that every part you play is really part of you, a way for you to work out something in your past, something in your present. Since then, whenever Ive chosen to do something, Ive thought, "well, this has nothing to do with me." Then, sure enough, once I get into it and really start doing the work, and really start uncovering, I see that its absolutely about something thats going on in my life. It isnt something obvious. Its usually pretty hidden. But theres always some sort of parallel to whats going on in my own life. And so, perhaps you can use it to bring closure, as a healing, a reconnection. I believe in that. I believe in that."

"Look, Im working with Meg Ryan. Ive never done this before, but shes doing amazing work. You should audition her."

"I think what he went through as a child was very heavy. He never got over his mother leaving his father, and following her mother to Florida, to an area that was very different, and losing his father. When he was seven years old, this was a very sensitive boy, who was wide-eyed and trusting, and not knowing how to protect himself at all."

"Concerning the performances [in "Economic Necessity"], I was most impressed by Sandra Seacat as the sometimes sympathetic, sometimes terribly cruel wife."

"Well, amazingly, a few friends had worked with her. I did Smooth Talk and Treat Williams said, "You would really love my acting teacher," and brought up Sandra, who was in New York at the time. And then I became dear friends with Rosanna Arquette and she said, "You know, you have to know Sandra Seacat. You really need to know her." And she was very passionate and helped me get into her class, because she would sometimes come to L.A. and do workshops. And then I did Blue Velvet, and she was coaching Isabella. So it was literally, like, three in a row. And so, I was like, "Oh, my God, I have to." So then I begged her. And then I started studying with her in class and, pretty quickly, would also work with her privately on a film, character development and whatever it was."

"Through studying and through being raised on movie sets, I was surrounded by a lot of people who believed that the more tortured the person, the greater the artist. I always had a hard time understanding that, but thought, "I guess thats the way it is." Luckily, through life and the gift of the acting teacher whos changed my life in so many ways since 1984--her name is Sandra Seacat--I learned theres another opinion, which is: the better the person, the better the artist. The more true you are to who you are and the more honest you are as an individual, the more honest you can be as an actor, and Im really liking that."