If you give a scene enough room to breathe, actors will hopefully find those magical moments.

Fights take a long time to shoot.

Within the stability of a family struggle, when there's less chaos, you can have the most soul-searching and the most digging to find out what and who you really are.

I grew up with a very quick temper, and the language of violence is a language that I'm very familiar and comfortable with.

I did the David Cronenberg film, A History of Violence, with Viggo Mortensen and I played a real sociopath. For the next seven years, I played the psycho-of-the-week.

I boxed through college and I played college level football. I was a linebacker.

You really have to be a character to serve it properly. Obviously, you're acting, but you have to have those things in yourself, whether it's the experience or the same qualities.