There are characters in movies who I call 'film characters.' They don't exist in real life. They exist to play out a scenario. They can be in fantastic films, but they are not real characters; what happens to them is not lifelike.

The film is made in the editing room. The shooting of the film is about shopping, almost. It's like going to get all the ingredients together, and you've got to make sure before you leave the store that you got all the ingredients. And then you take those ingredients and you can make a good cake - or not.

If you get a chance to act in a room that somebody else has paid rent for, then you're given a free chance to practice your craft.

Sometimes it's hard to say no. Ultimately, if you stick to your guns, you have the career that you want. Don't get me wrong. I love a good payday and I'll do films for fun. But ultimately my main goal is to do good work. If it doesn't pay well, so be it.

Being with a kid always takes you to being a kid somehow, and they really are showing me a childhood I might not have had in some way.

When you become a parent, you look at your parents differently. You look at being a child differently. It's an awakening, a revelation that you have.

I try not to plan that too much.