I've never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending to be somebody else. I'm deeply fortunate.

But filming is good for you, because the crew isn't allowed to laugh. You can't get addicted to getting the laugh.

I'm open to any project, but my joyful projects are those through which I can say something and through which I can speak to the an audience of people in the world, and I can be that vehicle through which something can be said, I find that entirely thrilling and joyful.

If it's a really well written villain, he probably has more layers than the archetypal good person. So that would be very attractive to an actor. No one chooses to be a villain; it's usually a reaction to something else.

I think Romeo and Juliet is uplifting. That's how much a son wishes to avenge his father. That is how much two young people can love each other.

I do believe female directors, as well as our female writer, can bring out male vulnerability that some men can't because they can't face it.

Hopefully, as I get older in the business, I make my choices more accurately, and I perhaps know from either the script or the first meeting that it isn't going to work.