We talked to Sergei Bodrov who did "Mongel" who I thought was incredible. There was a lot of people who've done a lot of things that I really appreciate and then you go back to the Italian spaghetti westerns that our spaghetti westerns were based off of so I've seen everything.

I remember at the premiere of my second movie I started crying. I thought, I'm so bad that I either have to stop this and do something else or learn what I'm doing.

I'd heard rumors about Oliver Stone before we went to work on and I don't get it. To me, he's one of the most sensitive directors. He is just fascinated by why people act in the ways that they do. His movies are an excuse to explore that idea, and he wants to work with people who are as passionate about exploring it as he is. So we got along brilliantly.

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

Suddenly, I'm in movies that people are excited about, and that is a nice change.

I love the competitive part of stocks. A lot of fear and greed, that's all it is. All I see is green and red.

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