One of the challenges assembling the film was that gun fight went on for three and a half hours and we obviously couldn't spend three and a half hours of the film with one gun fight. It was trying to figure out the balance of how much an audience could take before they either became repulsed or desensitized or bored or just overwhelmed.

You might make a lot of money, but it's very hard to get out from under that rug. The more you can reinvent yourself, the better - and unfortunately TV is designed not to let you redesign yourself.

I believe that anything in this world is fair game for a creative exercise.

I've had great success and I've had catastrophic failure. It's really how you handle the rough stuff that defines you, I think.

People know I love to shoot action and that I'm not afraid of emotion.

I've spent enough time with soldiers to know that once they get to know you and they loosen up and become themselves, they are some of the biggest hams and most charismatic, cocky, fun, humorous guys I've ever met.

I try to preload as little as I can. I like to come to the set with minimal preparation.