I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties.

Architecture and building is about how you get around the obstacles that are presented to you. That sometimes determines how successful you'll be: How good are you at going around obstacles?

Accents can be a great tool to tell a story - but if you do it wrong, it pulls you right out of the movie.

Barton is a pretty brass tacks kind of guy. Kinda get the job done so I can go home. So I don't think it's very difficult for him to decide.

I want to not do anything I've done before. That can come in any form.

Our friendship [ with Don Handfield] has remained all that time, and I'm godfather to his kids, but then when The Hurt Locker came around, I just knew there was a lot of opportunity that was coming in, and just couldn't really manifest any opportunities because things were busy.

We want to make people feel something after they buy that ticket.