Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. As an actor, you're giving it up, you're at the mercy of so many other people.

A lot of actors say that theater's the thing for them. And that's great, and I'm not one to speak with any authority about it because of not having done it properly. For me, movies are what I love.

Whatever you do, do it completely. Don't do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.

I know a lot of other actors that don't like to look at other references to their characters and things. But I like it. I always look at everything, I read all the books. I read Dieter's "Escape from Laos." I watched the documentary again and again and again. I recorded it just to listen to him a lot. I just don't suffer from feeling like I'm getting caught into an imitation. I just feel like I want to steal some good stuff if it's in there.

The interesting thing about a movie is the movie.

After the modest success of my first film, I found it very daunting to have to live with that kind of burden of expectations.

Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise.