I've always looked at the world as a place where people have done evil things. There are people in the world, for instance, that would describe Americans as evil.

Usually the way I think someone is radicalized is through a personal experience. The thing about environmental activism is that we are all having a personal experience with our environment, whether we open our eyes or not.

I mean I don't think it got me interested in acting. I think it might be what makes it so that I can have the idea of the variety of people in the world, different incomes. That helps. When you're going to play someone it's interesting and nice to see experiences that aren't like yours. But there's always the remarkable similarity of all people.

To me, one of the main things that a director does is create the tone of his movie.

I always think change is important in a character. The most dynamic choices that you can make for a character are always the best ones.

I don't spend a lot of time judging anyone I play. Even if their function in the script is to be the villain, I concentrate on what their perspective of the events is. Not even to justify them.

I like working with a first time director. I'm more likely to work with a first time director than I am a second time director.