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.

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 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.

Acting is ephemeral. It's not like making a painting that lasts forever. You're doing something, and the very action which comes and goes, is being demonstrated in front of you. Within that process, you're trying to go against the grain.

I want to be a part of something that's good and intellectually challenging.

I've been allowed to grow over the past twenty years. I've managed to avoid being trapped in one moment of my career and for that, I'm very thankful

I'm old fashioned with my cell phone. I like that human contact and I think it's important.