I met Scarlett [Johansson] briefly, but Josh [Brolin] and George [Clooney], in particular, were so welcoming and so inclusive and really brought me into the fold from the beginning. They were just very considerate of me, and it meant a lot [shootong Hail, Caesar!].

I've had a couple opportunities where I've been on the other side of the audition process as a director.

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

Elia Kazan - the films he made were such a big deal for me when I was growing up.

I got turned down for a million jobs until I got my first movie with Francis [Ford Coppola].

Whenever you hear somebody else is auditioning for something, you sort of assume they're going to get it. You should try to just ignore it. I don't find it very helpful to know who else is going up for stuff, generally.

That's a lot more legitimate than the retail therapy I do.