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

You need those people to also have power and authority, and in a way that has been the story of my career.

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

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

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.

[ Being director] is really reassuring to me that it's just about who is right for that role and less about if you ace the audition. It's just about getting to know people, not about who's a better actor a lot of the time. It's about who fits that particular suit, you know?

You do need these people to go out on a limb for you, thinking you're right for a role rather than having box office numbers.