I grew up in the art world.

My real father was a portrait painter. I went to a lot of auctions as a kid and galleries.

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

The things that you know intellectually when you're young become internalized as you get older. You realize all those clichés.

I think that's all you can hope for as an actor when you read a script; that after the first thirty pages it has some meaning to it.

Im something of a history buff. Its deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.

If you get into the area of judging the character you're playing you're getting into a sticky area.