I don't blame any director for wanting to do something more commercial. That's all part of the business. I certainly have done it, as an actor.

I like character-driven stuff. It doesn't matter, the size of the part.

Character actors just pile up the credits because you work on a movie for like a few days. It's not like I'm the lead in everything I do - far from it. I'm not spending three or four months on a picture; I'm spending three or four weeks. Sometimes three or four days.

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.

They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.

I suppose things are better now, but ... I don't know. People still hate each other, they just know how to hide it better.

My real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre.