With an inexperienced director, a lot of times the days go on to 14, 15, 16 hours. It goes horrendously overtime. And because of the lack of money, they just keep you there, regardless of the hours.

Anyway, I try to be a good guy. I try to tell the truth, but I'm not religious.

The emotions will take care of themselves. You don't have to prod them along. As a matter of fact, you get in trouble when you prod them along.

The only people who do plays in LA are people who can't get jobs in TV shows.

That's pretty much what every scene is about, getting people to see your point of view. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.

If I had my choice, I would do the same little independent films, but they would have $100 million budgets, so I could get paid a fortune and hang out in a huge trailer.