When actors aren't filming they just go to their dressing rooms and relax.

And the people I'm best friends with on the films are not generally the actors.

One of the things that I cannot fathom is young actors who will not audition and won't read.

It's interesting for myself, growing up as an Asian-American filmmaker. Coming into the industry, my parents always said, "No one's going to give you the opportunity. You just have to do the work. Be better than everyone else, so they can't deny it."

The most wonderful thing I hear is people coming up and saying 'Thank you for my childhood', which still blows my mind but is very sweet.

It's important to say that the more challenging a scene is, in a way, the more fun it is because the more of my job I get to do.

People tell me I look mournful. They say, "Cheer up, Dan, it's not that bad!" Sometimes, I just look into space, which freaks people out. If I was ever required to do anything other than look haunted, I could. I'm a happy person.