Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.

The idea is that one's temperament improves with age; that you learn to deal better with people and become more benevolent and loving. That's not necessarily true. I try to stay loose but sometimes the best thing to do is get yourself away and take a good nap.

You know, Hollywood sometimes tends to patronize the interior of the United States. As Horton Foote used to say, the great Texas playwright, that a lot of people from New York don't know what goes on beyond the South Jersey Shore.

But for me, the challenge is how you turn a character into behavior. Once the director says 'action', you just try to live between those two worlds.

I can always grow a little bit, and try to do something different. So I'm always looking for what's out there - the potential.

I try not to look for messages in films.

One thing I like about Argentina, they only cook with salt; that's it.