I always had this thing, when I was younger especially, I didn't want to do movies that much. I found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.

It's not personal, it's strictly business

Any project that I find encouraging that isn't attached to a studio, I can go to them, which I definitely would. You have to take an interest in what you do.

There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

The play is the source, it is orchestrated with words. In a movie, you are not dealing with as much as that. There are machines and wires. When you're acting for a camera, it keeps taking and never giving back.

I want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.

My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.