It's strange, 'cause a play, you start at the beginning and you go all the way through to the end. So it's naturally very well rehearsed and you get a rhythm and a flow. In film, you can shoot the ending before the beginning. It's very odd. And it's like a craft you have to learn.

The movie that's had the most effect on me is Jaws. To this day when I'm in the ocean, I'm hearing that music.

You just have to learn certain technical things, like where the camera is, not to block people's light in your own, to hit your marks, and that you do it kind of piecemeal.

I took all the philosophy courses I could.

I love the rehearsal process in the theatre, and the visceral sense of contact and communication with a live audience.

You have to be so confident and so gifted to fill five minutes of nothing at the very beginning of a play before even a word is uttered.

[John Hurt] just really gifted, and I had a great time working with him and [am] very lucky to have worked with him.