I've never done anything that I felt was crossing the line for me. But everybody has to make that decision individually. Like, I've never shot heroin to play a heroin addict. I've never turned a trick to play a prostitute. Whatever. You draw the line where you feel it could be harmful.

I don't really watch my moves all that often; I mean, really, I don't.

Even if the role is very far away from me, to try and make it as nakedly me as possible is an intriguing notion.

You know, you really do choose your existence in a way.

I used to hang out by the food table at parties because you don't have to talk to anybody. If you do then you can talk about the food.

Quentin's [Tarantino] thing is "I don't want anybody to get up until they have to. So, because he really wants things to come organically. And he may have specific things like "No, this ... I want you to be here so that when he punches you, it falls. I want that action to happen here." But you feel like it does, all the blocking does come from an organic response to the material.

It usually takes about two and a half weeks after you're done filming where you kind of return to yourself again.