If you're a certain type of actor, then eventually stepping into a director's shoes is a natural transition. I've always been the actor who's very focused on the narrative, where my character is in the story, and how I can benefit the story. I've always had a technical aspect of what the lens is, how the camera is going to move, how I can feed the information the director applies within that move. If you're that type of actor, narrative-based, technically proficient, the next step is actually not that far.

When I was a little kid, I used to really embarrass my parents.

If I don't get the goose-bump factor when I'm reading it than I can't do it.

Brothers, what we do in life........echoes in eternity.

There has to be a mathematical explanation for how bad that tie is.

My bottom line is that I think Ridley Scott is one of the greatest visual artists of our time and I feel very privileged that he wants to work with me, so I go with that flow.

I don't play chess with my life, ya' know.