I do a lot better if I sit around and think about a character for a couple of months.

I don't just like to have 1 take, but not too many. I think it is good to keep it alive.

I love to mix it up. I love to keep doing different things.

There's something to play if there's conflict going on. Whatever that conflict is, that's where drama is; if the character is grappling with something you've got something to play, there's layers to it.

A lot of the projects that I do, I like to be involved with earlier. I just feel that, certainly from an acting point of view, it's easier to do my job, if I'm included in what the intentions are, for why people are doing what they're doing, especially with a director.

America's been very, very good to me. I've been very lucky and worked a lot there, and appreciate and love the work that I've done.

Action scenes are not that different from other scenes.