There's the concept that if I do this big budget project, then that will help me do the things I really want to do and bring more money to those films.

If I had to choose criteria, for me, it's about first the director. I want to be a part of something that's good and intellectually challenging. After the director it's the character and the story. That's the deal for me.

If you do improvising, it can sometimes end up being a waste of time. And if you do that, it's more or less based on a writing process.

We went to - I guess it was a legitimate boiler room, and I sat in front of this guy who literally was on the phone with two people at once. They call it double fisting.

It was extremely useful to grow up in front of the camera. It gives the camera no significance. I think it helped me have perspective on things. The attraction that Hollywood can have, I feel like I'm over that. Instead I just concentrate on acting.

A lot of writers, because they don't understand actors, feel like, in order to be better at their performance, they have to change the words around a lot.

For me, acting is all about the aesthetic. I just want to keep honing my craft. Not that I'm taking myself too seriously, but every artist should consider himself Picasso. Otherwise, you're doing yourself an injustice.