I never try to guess what anyone else will take from a movie. Every movie is such a different experience for each and every person. I don't like it when people try telling people what they should take from a movie. You should go see it with fresh eyes and see for themselves.

I quite like it when you're working with people and you only get to know them through the scenes that you're doing together.

Certainly I have no attraction to misery. I don't intentionally go for dark.

The blue collar milieu was something that I really understood and resonated with me and I thought was underrepresented in American cinema.

It's got to do with putting yourself in other people's shoes and seeing how far you can come to truly understand them. I like the empathy that comes from acting.

I don't have acknowledged preferences of characters.

You have to make an effort to be in an unprotected environment because everyone thinks you're a completely incapable idiot who couldn't possibly brush his teeth without an assistant. You have to make an effort in order to be able to actually experience the country that you're in.