It's nice to go back with people that you already trust.

It's true in the beginning I started playing villains, and I think that's pretty clear, because if you don't conventionally look a certain way and you've got a certain kind of presence when you're young, then what's available to you is character roles, and the best character roles when you're young tend to be villains.

If you get stuck and it feels a little stiff, then you do have to mess it up to find it. But other times it's really written and you just stick to your guns and do it as elegantly and as concentrated and as committed as you can.

The director's very important to me, particularly when the director has a recognizable style.

I have some sort of affinity for compulsive behavior. The most interesting stories come up from the people on the outside.

That's a frustration sometimes, that certain directors that I'd like to work with, they just aren't doing stories that I'm sort of castable in. Not always, but sometimes I have that frustration.

You can be intuitive when you've got a more expansive role. You can get into the poetry of telling the story rather than just pushing buttons.