As a kid I read Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and a few others. As an adult have admired Leonardo da Vinci's drawings and notebooks.

I try to research or make up for myself what happened in any character's life. From when he was born until the first page of the script. I fill in the blanks.

If you don't find some way to discuss what's going on inside you, it can come out in other ways that are self-destructive.

It doesn't take that many years for a kid to realise that they're going to die. It's always there in the back of their mind the rest of their lives.

People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.

I'm not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it's unfair and irritating.

In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'