One of the things that's hardest as an actor is you are being critiqued constantly, and having your mother critiquing you can be challenging.

I think in this movie, every time I see his work, I'm blown away by it because he, to me, he really embodied the character so powerfully and so real, so truthfully to me.

I think it's important to do smaller films because I think that's where a lot of new things are happening.

I have too much respect for the characters I play to make them anything but as real as they can possibly be. I have a great deal of respect for all of them, otherwise I wouldn't do them. And I don't want to screw them by not portraying them honestly.

I feel my job as an actor is to explore all sides of humanity.

I do know that I have to work hard for every single thing that I get, really hard, and that's okay.

Shame is such an intense emotion. It just can drive you.