The actor's job is to divine and embody the truth, and find it.

There's a film you write, there's a film you shoot, and there's a film that you cut - and they're all different.

You face challenges and you have to make choices. You're weighing the necessary responsibility toward reality and authenticity and of course the need to create a compressed drama over two hours.

In the end, it's acting, it's not real. But every director will tell you that you have to create conditions that create tension, because tension is what makes drama feel real.

Most of the films that I've written, made in my life, I've written. Not all, but most I would say.

That's one of the central challenges we face - how to stay true to events and compress the fundamentals.

Remembering is painful, it's difficult, but it can be inspiring and it can give wisdom.