I really wanted to do a comedy. I've done a lot of drama, and comedy was the one genre I was not being offered. So I became obsessive about getting one. I tried with two little parts in comedies that were more mainstream, I was kind of fumbling around, and then I read The Brothers Bloom and knew it was the one I wanted to jump into. Did it take adjusting? Actually, it's not really any different from doing drama.

I think if you ask the audience to like you, it's all over.

I think London's sexy because it's so full of eccentrics.

I was an English-literature major, and that's all about stories and narratives.

If I'm just in dungarees, I don't think I would intimidate anyone.

You never know how things will turn out. And you can't really say it turned out wrong. Whatever happens, happens. The important thing is that you followed your gut.

I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.