Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn't be avoided. It should be faced.

I don't smoke and I don't want to smoke. I am not a fan of gratuitous smoking in films.

I wish I were more musically gifted, more intuitive in playing instruments.

Everyone keeps saying the western's dead, but it's not.

I tend to relate to a character in terms of the arc: what's interesting is where he starts versus where he ends up.

I like it when the deeper you go with the character, the more you see the layers start to peel away.

People think because I went to Yale that that implies privilege, and it is a privilege in the sense that it's an incredible opportunity.