My love for the theater has always been a priority. That hasn't changed. I got into acting that way. The film work that came up was really a surprise.

I had a father who was a traveling salesman.

To act well isn't an easy thing.

I think good art, if I could be pretentious enough to say, I think good art deals with the micro to explain the macro.

When you see the carrot at the end of the stick, what do you do to get it? These kinds of things that come up, that come up in the story of Capote writing "In Cold Blood," and when you see the movie, you'll see what I'm talking about.

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.

I know I wasn't as handsome as some other guys, but I was OK with that.