I'm so respectful of good writing. It's the blueprint for the movie. You have to have that script there because, if you don't, you're going to have problems. It's very important. It's also a gut instinct.

You really get a feeling, when you're reading scripts, pretty quickly. Within 20 or 25 pages, you can get a sense of the part. I always think about whether I'm right for it and whether I can do it. If I don't think I'm right for it, it should go to somebody else.

I do use my body a lot, to click into a character.

The love of a parent, that connection, it's eternal.

I don't want to do something, if I don't feel like I can do a good job serving the material.

Nobody knows how long you're going to have life on Earth, so you really have to work at being joyous and happy.

The clothes, the shoes, the gold belts and the necklaces always click me into the character, for sure. You could not feel the character, and then you put on the shoes and get the walk.