I don't need to prove that I'm some great international filmmaker. It's not really on my list of goals.

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 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.

Growing up, Paul Newman seemed like the ultimate manly actor. And then, I got to work with him and we became friends, so that was nice.

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

I wouldn't do anything else [besides acting], for sure. If I did, it would be music or some other pursuit in this same area. I have been acting and playing music since childhood. It's what I enjoyed most.