I've always been attracted to ensembles. When I started doing plays in high school and in college, I always loved the community aspect of it. I loved these little families that would develop.

I'm a little less hungry as an actor than I used to be. When you're a director, you're the conductor of the orchestra, and when you're an actor, you're playing the violin. There's a thrill to each of them, but as the conductor, you get the fuller sound.

It never made sense to me that someone would achieve any kind of success in show business, only to become a jerk.

The attitude of the director is really important, in terms of setting tone.

As a person, I'm anti-violence.

I find myself going out less and less. When you're 22 and see older people start to do that, it's depressing, but once you hit 30, you think, 'Wow, I've been working all week - it might be really nice to stay in!

I actually have a thing about proper nouns. They clang on my ear in a weird way when I hear them dropped into movies.