I'm probably the only person who actually remembers pirate radio.

You tell yourself that you're not auditioning but of course you work like crazy, and you prepare like mad. And you think, "Well, I won't get that job. But maybe they'll have another job sometime, and they'll remember that I was good."

I don't think there's an improvised word in the movie. I hope not because I admire writing. Improvising is kind of gambling. It's just that you're standing up.

I never mind doing press; it's never bothered me.

Never go anywhere you have to wear brown shoes.

I'm crazy about James Brown. I'm crazy about soul music. And then the blues. Rhythm and blues.

One of the things that is assumed about actors is that they are extrovert, which is almost never the case, in my experience.