Depending on what stage I'm at in my career, I either work or don't work because I've been offered one thing.

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.

I tend to lose my performance energy the longer things go on for, so I'm always best on the very first take.

I think one of the things that might distinguish me is when I'm going to work as an actor I really try not to worry about my own personal hang-ups and just really concentrate on the work. Because I have such a respect for acting, which is something I feel like I'm constantly learning how to do, that all of my energy is always focused on the acting itself.

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

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.

I see how people boss other actors around to try to get a scene favorable to them. I absolutely just never engage in doing that. If someone's going to do it to me, I just let them have it.