If you're gonna let the character be the story, you better set a tone that allows the actors to do the best work they can do.

It's a weird feeling when people are defining you, and you haven't even defined yourself.

You can make history, or you will be vilified by it.

The last thing I want to turn into is a fat Hollywood jerk. I was brought up without much money and I was happy. I don’t think that I will strive for money or success and end up greedy or big-headed. That only leads to unhappiness. I can still be down-to-earth and do this job as long as I enjoy it.

Sometimes you've got to go to the wrong place just to show that you're not afraid to go there.

I'm never really conscious of saying, "I'm going to take on a specific role to combat a certain image in the public eye." I think that's pretty manipulative and transparent to the public anyway.

Most of the time I just keep to myself. I think like what it would be like to be... someone else.