I had a really fantastic dialect coach that I worked very well with, and I was constantly surprised by the different intonations that the Russian dialect has.
'Serious acting' is the kind of acting that I don't ever respond to.
I've played all these extreme guys, but playing an everyman type has its own challenges.
I'm not a big guy for research. You've got to take a risk.
The goal is always just trying to stretch yourself as an actor.
Really I just want to get on with my job, which is to pretend to be lots of different people. Simple as that.