I live in Manhattan now, because, in a way, it was my fantasy.

I do think it's a very good way to describe what a great actor does. You're both acknowledging the authority of the director and the necessity of the actor to push back and find their own voice.

When you're around your family, and you have that history and that shared language, you say things you'd be embarrassed to hear quoted back to you later.

There was a telemarketing job one summer in high school that I was rejected for. I still walk by the building that I actually had the interview in. It's still in New York, and I always think about that job and why I didn't get it.

Being articulate, my parents could make anything sound reasonable.

I've always felt some kind of connection to people who are kind of over-smart. People who over-think things to the point of some sort of paralysis, and I think that certainly can be me on any given day.

There's always some generational-guys-hanging-out movie that is made every few years, I think, and some of them are great.