Rebellion, just to be clear, can mean holding onto some of your own integrity, of not playing into the idea of sensationalism. We all have our moments, and that's your guys' job - to take those moments and make them turgid, gaseous, make them big, and it's bigger than the person is. When you start believing your own press, that's when it gets really sad.

'W.' is not necessarily a political film, but it was sort of a contrasting reality for me to get into George W. Bush as a character because of how I felt about his administration before I started making the film.

When accepting or preparing for a role, fear is the motivating factor.

I read comic books and stuff but I didn't know a lot about it.

Back then they had Elvis and they thought Elvis was so risqué. So everyone has their perception to what innocence is.

George W. Bush brought a lot of minorities into his administration, which was a positive thing, and they had some issues that they wanted to press, but 9/11 really gave them direction. It gave them a purpose.

It takes me 10 minutes to get ready to go out, and that includes the shower.