You can't make your choices based on what critics think. You have to make your choices based on what's honest for you.

Some things are true whether you believe in them or not.

When I won the Oscar, I made a point of actively going against that and doing adventure films like 'Con Air' and 'Gone in 60 Seconds,' not what would be expected.

Actors work with their look. I come from the Lon Chaney Sr. school of acting. I'll wear wigs, I'll wear nose pieces, I'll wear green contact lenses in my eyes. I'll do whatever I need to do to create a character.

I've always maintained that I see myself as a student. There's always something to learn and be challenged by and hopefully grow from.

Generally my instinct is to not do biographical movies. I want to build characters and not be locked into playing a part in history.

I've acted professionally since I was 16.