And the writers are good in that it's easy to memorize, and good writing has an innate rhythm to it. And I've always felt that it's easier to get in your head than writing that has very kind of mind busting moments.

Because as an actor, I really feel you cannot judge a character. You have to totally commit to that character. And for me to totally commit to the character, I have to find those places where I understand the sequence of behavior.

As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the bottom line.

People think that the ocean is big enough to sustain anything we throw at it - its hard to get into your head that it's actually finite.

It's gotten out of control. It's taking bigger and bigger names to make smaller and smaller films. I worry that important films without a big name attached won't get made at all.

I never got into this business thinking I'd be like a movie star.

I really think that effective acting has to do literally with the movement of molecules.