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.

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.

Like everyone else, I try to do quality work with great directors. But much of it has to do with luck.

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

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.

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

You know, what I like about 'The Family Tree' is it's a kitchen sink movie; you can't think of anything that it doesn't either throw into the story for conflict or poke fun at or attack, even, so I like it.