Whenever I work on a part, I look at the world through the filter of the character and I pick things they might use through my observations of real life.

I found that photography was a great way of relaxing on the set.

I can see how a relationship with a writer would be an easy thing.

Yeah, I loved Ray Bradbury.

One of my favorite artists is Tom Waits, whom most people think of as a wonderful singer-songwriter and a great poet. I certainly think of him that way, but I also know him as a terrific actor. You know, that persona that he puts on when he's doing his music comes from being an actor, figuring out a persona.

Sometimes you feel you're making something really special and when it comes out you might still feel that way but for some reason it doesn't get the audience. So many things have to come together to get a creatively successful and financially successful film.

As you become famous you lose some of your anonymity, which is wonderful for an actor to have because you can observe people and also people don't have such a strong sense of who you are and that sort of thing.