I try to just be open to what the next experience is and how it makes me feel, just reading a project, or trying to get involved with a project, or thinking about a project, and what particular emotional flavor that brings. To me, it's never really about planning the next thing, or the career arc. It's about investigating how I feel, from project to project, and finding things that I haven't explored and what that would be like.

David Mamet was great to work with. He was everything that I thought he would be as a director. He's incredibly articulate, an easy collaborator. Extraordinarily knowledgeable about film and writing.

I don't ever feel like I've had a moment where I am like, "There it is; perfect and holy in all ways."

I feel that audiences are very sophisticated, and part of my challenge is to keep them engaged because they are so complex.

I was already devouring literature and I was the ripe old age of 15 when I decided to be an actor. I just thought plays were the most fantastic way of expressing life. I thought I'd discovered Shakespeare - 'hey, there's a new guy in town, don't know if anyone's read him.' I was just excited about the whole thing, from day one.

All roads lead home in the end. You've got to keep that in mind always - in your work and in your life.

I enjoy doing everything, comedy and drama. I just look for the characters really and what they offer.