I enjoyed carpentry, and it was very good to me for 12 years.

The job's always the same. It involves helping to tell the story and creating an alloy between character and story that serves the film.

The only thing hard about being an actor is being out of work. So, when you get a job - that part ain't hard at all.

Acting is not about competing. Acting is about cooperating. Acting is about collaboration. It's about your utility, your usefulness, your capacity to add to the work that has already been done and will be done. You're just part of a team. I never feel competitive about acting.

I think American films right now are suffering from an excess of scale. Lots of movies we're seeing now are more akin to video games than stories about human life and relationships. Twelve- to 20-year-olds are maybe the largest economic force in the US movie business. I'm not a very nostalgic person - but I enjoy a good story.

What I hate is the loss of anonymity.

You know how a woman gets a man excited? She shows up.