When you make a movie with Alejandro Amenábar, he very quickly... it was very clear you're kind of operating in his dream universe.

One of the things I can do is to try to put myself in different kinds of movies and that kind of subtly changes my work. By the time my obituary is written, I want there to be a great western and a great comedy.

I thought I was so much smarter than everybody. And I'm not.

The girls who like me aren't the ones I like. Or, if I do and they want to commit, I suddenly need tons of time with my friends.

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 auditioned for Robert Redford once and I was so starstruck I couldn't even speak. I had a mic wire at a screen test clipped to me and then I got kind of nervous and I paced in a circle and then took a step and tripped and fell on my face. You just have to forgive yourself and keep going on.

There's something about knowing life is finite that makes it so precious.