I take my work seriously, but it's not the only thing that exists in the world.

I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.

Speaking more than one language and living in a multicultural family and environment did not seem like anything but what it was: the world I lived in.

I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.

I like a twisted sense of humour. On 'A History of Violence,' David Cronenberg and I would be doing the grimmest scenes and laugh a lot.

Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them. If you allow yourself to be somewhat curious - and if you get into the habit of doing that - it's the first step to being open minded and realizing that your points of view aren't totally opposite.

It's always interesting to play a character that obviously has a secret.