Acting is a business and a political act and a craft, but I also feel like it's a service - specifically, for a military audience.

I always found something strangely paternal about the director-actor relationship. Actors want so much approval.

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.

I think it's possible to be free in a big production. It's the eye of the director and the actor and the story.

If I'm not doing something or working on something, I literally just sit in the room and think, which I don't think is productive. I won't go outside for days.

I think people are willing to take more of a risk on an indie film, about character, etc...but at the same time, when I work on projects that are substantially bigger, in a way they do feel small. Even though the catering is way better and we actually have someone shooting with real film.... The budgets are bigger but the story still feels small, like an indie film.