I grew up watching a lot of old movies, so getting to ask about making movies in the '70s and people he was friends with, like Orson Welles, Lillian Hellman and Charlie Chaplin, and hearing a first-person account was pretty incredible.

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

I buy myself a present whenever I don't get a role that I really wanted.

Just getting to talk to that person [Woody Allen ] in real life was pretty wild.

Their way of working [the Coen brothers] is always kept pretty mysterious. I was so curious to see how they make these movies. It was just such a joy - they seem to have so much fun making their movies.

Warren [Beatty] did a very cool thing, where he directs in character.

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.