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.

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

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

Every time I've made a plan in my Hollywood acting career, something else has happened, so I've gotten out of the habit of trying to predict the future.

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

I know something great will come around the corner, and that's what I'll be doing next.

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