An era that I specifically like is sort of late 50's, early 60's. I guess mid 50's too. I like these types of films that deal with post WWII America and this more complex leading man that kind of emerges from that.

I really want to be a part of those movies that say something good to a lot of people.

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

Woody Allen is kind of the one example I don't have. Because the way he works and the amount of shooting time that I did on that film, I didn't really get to know him, so he kind of stays as "Woody Allen" to me.

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

Same with the Coen brothers and Warren [Beatty]. And then slowly you get to know each one of them as a person, and that becomes a kind of separate entity, where you just know the human being.

So many times you can't get a foot in the door unless you're already in the room.