Seeing what happens when you rip yourself open is what your job is all about

I listen to National Public Radio, which, to me at least, presents the most rounded view of things.

I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.

One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.

We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented.

You get three hours' sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting.

I'm an actor who loves to direct film, if I find something that I'm compelled to do and want to spend three or four years doing. I really love the process, though. I might have to just say, "Yeah, I want to direct that," because I want to direct something, but that's just not the way my being is. It's got to be a necessity for me, otherwise I'll just keep acting.