Whatever character you're playing you have to complete the entire interior infrastructure, whatever it is - but what gets divulged or what people completely understand depends on the script and what you decide to show. But you have to know it.

I dont have a problem with fame. I got into this business intending to be very successful, but I wanted it to be at my price.

Violence doesn't seem to bother people anymore - they're inured to it. And I think it has a lot to do with the violence in movies and video games - it doesn't bother people as much. I'm not so sure it evokes a reaction anymore.

When actors talk about research, they're just patting themselves on the back.

I have all this time between projects, and I'm not so sure that's a healthy thing. It's scary, because at 36 I'm woefully unqualified for anything else.

Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred.

I never turned down a movie because they wouldn't give me enough money.