I've definitely been spoilt. Every movie I've done, it's always the same criteria: finding a great story, and finding a great part to play.

I'd never worked with an actor-director before [Warren Beatty].

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

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

Let's say [Warren Beatty] wants you to speak louder in a scene. He won't stop playing the role and say to you as a director, "Will you speak louder on the next take?" He'll say it as Howard Hughes: "I can't totally hear you. Why don't you speak up a little bit?" To kind of keep this rhythm going.

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.

Acting-wise, I've had all these experiences. Yet when I look at certain people whose careers I admire, they've gotten to play so many different characters. So it's just that - getting to have more of these singular little adventures where you get to be a part of a completely different world.