What's fascinating about acting is that you put yourself in somebody else's mind or in their shoes.

What people actually refer to as research nowadays is really just Googling.

Even through my college years, I was trying out plays and shows, but I never really thought it made much sense to try to be an actor. I thought it was foolish, really.

I wish I could say I had some sort of master plan where one role leads to the next role, but a lot of it really is persistence and luck and being prepared when you are asked to jump on a project. There isn't any one rule that I follow. Obviously, I'll always shoot to work with the best actors, directors and filmmakers. I've been incredibly lucky to be able to do that.

I was a film student. I became an actor but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally.

Page one of the script, I launch into, "How would I feel if I were in this position?" That's an actor's job.

What's fascinating about acting is that you put yourself in somebody else's mind or in their shoes.