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 do need these people to go out on a limb for you, thinking you're right for a role rather than having box office numbers.

I'm trying to make myself sound better.

I'm an actor because I love movies, and always have loved movies. I'm a film buff. So, getting to work with those kinds of directors and getting to tell those stories is what I want to do.

By anyone's measure, [Warren Beatty] is proven himself. But he still sets out to make something as great as it possibly can be.

I had the opportunity to learn more about what life is like for a soldier [in The Yellow Birds].

You get bummed out, and then you go, "Oh! Now I get to go buy a present for myself." That kind of helps.