There are themes that somehow stir me and that I find very interesting. They're themes that deal with leadership, the nature of bravery and courage, and how to define those.

When you want to learn about something, what is the first thing you do... you go to the internet.

I love the stage. It's terrifying in a way that film and television is not. When you're about to go out, and you're adrenaline just gets out of control, and that can be really daunting.

Fortitude, determination... in a way they're things that I idealize myself and am curious about.

You try to go where the great scripts are, if you can, or you go where the not great scripts are, because that's what's being offered to you.

I always have a contract with a character. Even when he's unappealing. The contract is to give him his due. To tell his story. And to keep his secrets.

I don't think there is a role that I did twenty years ago that I couldn't do better now.