No matter what the characters you play, you have to find the differences in them, especially when you are doing a political movie.

Every time you fail, you learn more.

I love being around great actors and film-makers, and I try to hide the fact that I'm in awe of them.

Someone doesn't think immediately, "I want to be a lobbyist."

I find that the monsters are usually the people that I have the most empathy for because they're the ones that are hurt the most. There's a reason why they're the monsters.

Look at Hispanic women - they are being paid 42 cents on the dollar - or African-American women. I think it's an issue we have to look at across the board.

I think that with any emotion - fear, love, nervousness - if the actor's feeling it, then the audience feels it.