I try to attach myself to people who really inspire me, and directors who are really passionate. That way, I can give myself more fully and trust the impulse behind why the film is being made, and I can be a little more irresponsible in finding out what the character is.

Plenty of bad movies are very successful, and plenty of good movies are not. And distribution is so crazy, some films won't even get their day in court.

I aspire to be an instrument of the director. I'm happiest like that. The stronger the director, the more I'm willing to give them.

The truth is, if you're around long enough, you have a story about everyone. But it's best to keep your mouth shut sometimes.

It's too easy to trivialize people. The Internet does it all the time.

Turn off the sound in a movie, and if you can tell what's going on, the movie should work.

I'm more interested in talking about what I do. And I don't think people are interested in my personal life. I've never had a Hollywood life. I've always been a worker. But it's true: If you know something about a person outside of the movie that is really repulsive to you, it's hard to shake. So I prefer to do my speaking through the work. I don't want people to know anything about me, because that's not important. I'm more interested in the me that takes shape through these characters. The other stuff is personal and too easy to trivialize out of context.