Actors are responsible to the people we play. I don't label or judge. I just play them as honestly and expressively and creatively as I can.

Well, in the theater, I think you're actually more responsible for what is going on onstage as a director than you are in film.

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.

Actors are responsible to the people we play.

I like so many different kinds of music just because all I did was listen to the radio as a kid.

Acting is so difficult for me that, unless the work is of a certain stature in my mind, unless I reach the expectations I have of myself, I'm unhappy. Then it's a miserable existence. I'm putting a piece of myself out there. If it doesn't do anything, I feel so ashamed. I'm afraid I'll be the kind of actor who thought he would make a difference and didn't. Right now, though, I feel like I made a little bit of difference.

I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film.