I've never had a grand plan. I've only just tried to keep open to many different possibilities, have fun and work with people who are passionate about what they do.

Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.

I never had any master plan about directing, and I don't really write.

I just like playing interesting, complex, complicated characters. I like films that also have an element of humor.

Oftentimes you'll see stuff that makes it into the mainstream that has been influenced by things that are clearly not from the mainstream.

What was frustrating about Armageddon was the time I spent not doing anything. It was a big special effects film, and I wasn't crazy about pretending I was in outer space. It feels ridiculous.

I was going to buy a van and move to LA so I could secretly pursue acting without any of my friends knowing.