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

Whatever you hold onto that you want to do, and that other people tell you you are foolish to want to do, don't give up.

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.

What people actually refer to as research is really just Googling. I already have a complicated relationship with research. It used to be going to the library and looking up archival photos, etc.

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

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.