One of the big takeaways from that experience [in Blue Jasmin] was just what a thrill it was to act with somebody like Cate Blanchett operating on that caliber. Because what she was doing was very powerful. T

I've had that experience many, many, times - when you don't get roles. I'd developed a good muscle for shaking it off.

You need those people to also have power and authority, and in a way that has been the story of my career.

I'm glad to be an actor to be employed by people who are now 12, probably. I look forward to that.

Just getting to talk to that person [Woody Allen ] in real life was pretty wild.

But even a kid, directing was something that I did. I made short films in school. I feel like I've been in the best film school in the world.

I think that having had [Steven Spielberg's] confidence in me probably made me a little more immune to feeling as bad about myself in the face of rejection. I also was just so young - I was unaware enough to not take it too seriously.