I think all actors are supposed to be character actors.

Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director.

I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically Chicago is my home.

This is my first experience working in a foreign movie, but the mechanics, I think, are pretty much the same all over; you still have to wait in the trailer.

In a sense, all actors are character actors, because we're all playing different characters. But a lot of the time - and I don't know, because I'm not a writer - but writers a lot of times write second- and third-tier characters better than they write primary characters. I guess they're more fun.

What you do as a policeman might be the right thing to do, but it's not entertaining. I left that behind me.

I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what kinds of shades should be in the character.