[Mannerism is when] you think you have all these great ideas, and none of them are good at the end of the day. But while you are pursuing those other things subconsciously happen.

I just sort of take it from a character perspective, and I don't know if he was necessarily spiritual, but I do think he had hope. He was a character that was comfortable having hope in his life, and hope is faith.

I think everybody should act! I would encourage everybody to do one thing, join a theater class or something. It's so good to take a character that you think is wildly different from who you are, and to try to relate to that person and become that person is very helpful. It's hard to articulate what you learn, but you can feel the effect of these characters that you play and take with you.

In some way, the relationship between a director and an actor is personal.

In New York, you're forced to deal with life; it's there in front of you on a daily basis.

I've been doing this since I was 12... I don't want to act much longer; I can't do one thing my whole life.

I try not to discriminate against genres.