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

Each time demands its own kind of film.

For me, each one of those experiences stands on its own. The first one was with Steven Spielberg, who helped me to get an agent and vouch for me, and that gave me the confidence to continue.

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

When you work for the Coens, they are so fun and so organized. They treat everyone with such respect. And the character I got to play was so fun.

I'm just excited to be a part of the movie [Star Wars]. It's always the particulars that are the most exciting.

It feels like you're being invited into a kind of community [working with the Coen brothers].