Each person shows something different, in every challenge that they come across.

I grew up in the theater, and you can't improvise Shakespeare and Ibsen. You have to speak the language. But obviously, in a contemporary film, there's often room for improvisation and spontaneous things that happen. As long as I know what I'm trying to achieve in the scene, and when something comes up, I know that the response is genuine, I'm comfortable. That's really how I build everything.

I think from a very young age I always have this desire to perform.

The most sinister aspect of Jack is his detachment, his ability to distance himself from his feelings.

I believe that acting in any medium is the same thing, it's discovering the truth in where you are.

It's disgusting that a Broadway show can't try out anymore, that no matter where they are in the world, there is this massive dialogue going on between people damning or praising it.

I have no skills. The only thing I could possibly do is teach.