I don’t mind if the character is a small character, but I would just like her to have a journey in the film. Sometimes the characters are just there as a prop to further the man’s story. The great directors I’ve talked to, I’ve said listen, I don’t mind playing a woman that is a tiny part, but how does the story affect her? What can I play in the end that’s different from the beginning? Otherwise, it doesn’t make sense, because it’s just like being a prop.

I spent a lot of the last five years on a set, and every once in a while you take stock of your life and look at what you're doing.

I take great responsibility in any character that I play.

You know, it's recently come into focus for me why I want to be an actor: It's because of the connection I feel to people.

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

I think you have to take the whole idea of wage equality out of the film industry.

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