The biggest challenge to being an actor is when you're not working, just being unemployed, the downtime and not having anything to do.

I auditioned for four or five years and didn't get anything after that.

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 actually remember getting asked when we were at the Cannes Film Festival, what I expected to do next. I remember feeling like there was no way I could've imagined that something like Tetro would have happened to me.

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.

Each time demands its own kind of film.

There's a lot of complicated magical reasons why I'm not at the party that are too long and semantic to go into.