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

A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife.

I've always felt it's the directors purview to say what; it's the actor's purview to say how. It's not good for an actor to have the big picture in mind - it bollocks you up. An actor's purview is the tiny little... We measure our performance in seconds.

Ultimately, a more experienced director realizes that you've got to stop sometime and just move on. They're braver about that.

I'm not much of a preparer. I think sometimes as an actor you need to go out and learn some skills, but in terms of preparation for understanding the character, it's all on the page, and if it's not on the page, you're in trouble.

A good actor's director, first of all, is prepared, so there's not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.

I love making movies, I love the differentness of it, I love writing. But I've always liked television. I grew up on television.