I think for everyone it's good to have your own personal work on a character and a film before you even start rehearsing, to have an inner life.

To be in someone's favorite film is just - that's what you want. You want to be in great films that are memorable.

I try not to do scenes a certain way, because then I become conscious of it, and it dosen't come off as realistic. I try to make it so that I'm not really aware of what I'm doing.

The hardest job an actor can do is all this pretend, all this screaming and being scared for your life.

I can't watch my movies and get into them because as soon as I see myself I get taken out of the film.

I've always had a process that I do before I even get to set or go to the location. I work privately, and it almost feels like therapy between me and who I'm playing. So I have this inner life that's there and it gives me a confidence, too, that when I'm playing the role I know every question.

It's weird doing red carpets; it's uncomfortable. But you can have a sense of humor about it.