I grew up in the art world.

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

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.

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

The experience you have making the movie is all you have; when the movie's finished, that's for other people. But while you're doing it, that's your time on the planet, so you want it to be good.

I grew up in the art world.

I think as an actor you're lucky to have any film take on a life of its own long after it's left the theater.