I think that if you can achieve a balance, then you appease a lot of yourself and your career and what it takes to maintain in this business for a while

I just know what it's like being an East Coast person, being from New Jersey.

I've done a few movies where I really liked the project, but I wasn't sure about the director, and I still did it and my instinct was right, in the beginning. Even though it was a good story, the guy still didn't really know what he was doing.

Just by the nature of what we do it kind of gets you out of the regularities of life. Playing pretend for a living is a good way to have a release and playing make believe is a good way of getting away from it and doing things like this. So I think work gets me away from life.

There's a personal side to me of challenges as an actor that I like to take on myself.

The script - and a good one - tells you everything that you need to know.

Suddenly playing the charming bad guy was my thing.