The first time I smoked was at home with my mother and stepfather; they were like, If you are going to do this, we'd rather you did this with us.

My mother is a professor of early childhood education. When I was two she would say she knew I was going to be an actor.

The director's in charge of every single decision [in film]. It's a dictatorship.It's a benevolent dictatorship, but it's true. It's every single shot. There's nothing arbitrary.

I should have done it years ago. It's amazing I didn't even want cigarettes anymore.

I love shooting, when the character is interesting and the script is interesting, but the research beforehand is really fun. The whole process makes me anxious and restless, and I have trouble sleeping, just trying to figure out the character.

Clint Eastwood expects you to know what you're doing. He's going to take two giant steps back and let you do it. I have such appreciation for that part of him.

Life is on the wire. The rest is just waiting.