I try to pace myself and not work for the sake of working and stick to what inspired me prior to receiving recognition.

War is chaotic and when you start having a larger scale film and you have a lot of safety protocols and choreography, I would imagine it becomes more difficult.

My dad told me, 'It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success', and it took me seventeen and a half years.

My parents have raised me with a sense of what's really important and have given me decent values, and I'm comfortable, but I haven't lived an excessive lifestyle in the least. And I've kept my expenses to a minimum so that I have the freedom to wait.

I try to pace myself and not work for the sake of working and stick to what inspired me prior to receiving recognition.

I always had an actor within me.

It's interesting, winning an Academy Award as a young man... life-changing, but I'm just me within that. It's been very helpful for my career, but I'm trying to stay on the path I was on before.