Studios are used to have an investment in you, an actual, literal investment in an actor. You paid them some money, you had a contract with them and you were almost like a commodity.

I find forgiveness to be really healthy.

No matter how much you change, you still got to pay the price for the things you’ve done.

It was a dreamlike time for me from December 1997 to March of '98. Before that, I was basically unknown. Then, bang! The starting gun fired, and everybody just started running. It was learn-on-the-job. And there were more opportunities for work than I had time to do them.

God help me if I ever do another movie with an explosion in it. If you see me in a movie where stuff is exploding you'll know I've lost all my money.

I try to cast really good actors and give them a chance to do their very best work, give them as much time and space as they need.

Sometimes the people we meet change us forever.