It was fantastic to be on the set again with Denzel (Washington) and Antoine (Fuqua) and then to have the situation be so different. We weren't making a sequel to Training Day. We were in the middle of the desert riding around on some horses.

Whenever a really passionate, talented filmmaker seems to have an interest in me, I take it very seriously because I like to work.

I love working on scripts. I love coming up with ideas about what people would dress like or talk like. I love all that.

I did this movie right after it about the life of Chet Baker. It's called Born to Be Blue. In that situation, there's a real clear character you're drawing on. It's a real person. It's really exciting and interesting to do the research to figure out how to make that a nuanced, three-dimensional human being.

I feel like everyone I meet is an imaginary friend. I don't know. The older I get the more I wonder what's real.

I've always been drawn to the best writing that I can find. I don't care if it's in movies or theater or whatever - if you want to be in front of an audience, you have to do writing you believe in.

Time is so much a part of what makes you close to people.