What people actually refer to as research nowadays is really just Googling.

- Dermot Mulroney

I know something great will come around the corner, and that's what I'll be doing next.

- Dermot Mulroney

Even through my college years, I was trying out plays and shows, but I never really thought it made much sense to try to be an actor. I thought it was foolish, really.

- Dermot Mulroney

Every time I've made a plan in my Hollywood acting career, something else has happened, so I've gotten out of the habit of trying to predict the future.

- Dermot Mulroney

Growing up, Paul Newman seemed like the ultimate manly actor. And then, I got to work with him and we became friends, so that was nice.

- Dermot Mulroney

I don't need to prove that I'm some great international filmmaker. It's not really on my list of goals.

- Dermot Mulroney

I was a film student. I became an actor, but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally.

- Dermot Mulroney

Like everyone else, I try to do quality work with great directors. But much of it has to do with luck.

- Dermot Mulroney

You know, what I like about 'The Family Tree' is it's a kitchen sink movie; you can't think of anything that it doesn't either throw into the story for conflict or poke fun at or attack, even, so I like it.

- Dermot Mulroney