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 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.

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

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.

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.

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