At the end of the day, what actors really want to do is act a lot and not wait around in the trailer.

I do love comedy, but I'm not brave enough to tackle a script whose goal is to make you laugh. That's tough. The ones that can do it, I tip my hat off to them, but I don't have that kind of humor or mind.

If I like the story and it's well written, and it's a character I want to play and they'll pay me, then I decide to do it.

Before I made it big I worked as a dishwasher, washing dishes in this place called Dishwasher House where people could just come in and do whatever they wanted to the dishes and we had to clean them with our hands till they bled. A lot of struggling actors worked there-Downey Jr., Joaquin Phoenix, Damon Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans-and we actually all kind of wish we still did.

Another mistake a director can make is not to be prepared, so you get there on the day to shoot the scene, and they don't know how it should be blocked, and they're not clear on how they want to do a scene.

So many actors spend so much energy trying to remember the lines. It's so foolish. Guys are the worst.

Stephen King writes a lot of things that are really charming and quirky, and that are more ironic than horror.