I always think it's better to take a smaller role in a great film rather than a leading role in something that you don't have complete faith in.

I think the work is always going to be much better when it's important and personal to you.

I don't just look at things as an actor. I've also written several films, so I look at it as a storyteller and I know if something worked and should have been in there for the benefit of the story and the benefit of the character.

I was playing pretty boys and these angelic roles like Nicholas Nickleby and all that stuff. And I was like, 'What am I doing? This isn't who I am, as a man or an artist.' I had to overcome people's belief that I was too pretty to be a badass.

The truth of the matter is the real industry is in LA and the cream of the talent is there.

I always think it's better to take a smaller role in a great film rather than a leading role in something that you don't have complete faith in.

It's generally more fun playing the villain