When you're playing someone who has a strong ego about themselves, you can't play them when you have the opposite opinion of the one they have of themselves.

Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly.

The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour

It's always been a desire of mine to work with my parents, so Wild at Heart was a wish come true. The first day we did a scene together I came down the stairs and my mom pointed that finger at me: "Don't you dare talk to that boy again!" You know, I've seen that finger for 23 years. And I started laughing, she started laughing, then the whole crew broke up - in that moment, they all knew that she and I had been there before.

It's always been a desire of mine to work with my parents

We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that

My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother.