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.

[ Woody Allen] persona in the films are so iconic; it's like on par with Groucho Marx or something like that.

That's something that Francis [Ford Coppola] would always say. I remember when I was doing Tetro, he said, "Stay innocent. I'm 69 years old, and I'm still innocent."

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

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

When I was a little kid, my parents would show me Marx Brothers films and westerns and stuff like that. Thats where all my desire to be an actor comes from and probably most of my understanding of acting comes from for sure.

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