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

I think there's a limited amount of planning you can do, at least in the position I'm in. Maybe more successful actors can plan more than I'm able to.

I never applied to any acting schools. I don't know if that's just bad reporting, or - sometimes I just make stuff up.

And being as I'm somebody who loves movies like The Machinist, I also love going along to big mass entertainment movies. I get in the mood for all kinds of movies, and so I like to try each of them.

I would have been very happy just cruising around and enjoying the unexpected. I've never been ambitious.

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 point of having a director is that they make the final decision; it's their point of view, they set the rhythm and they make the final decisions.