I feel like a lot of the young actors that are just coming up are really good. I think directors are directing better.

All modesty aside, I think I'm good at reading scripts. The way I read a script is as fast as I can, all in one sitting, and I don't read many of the stage directions. I only read enough stage directions to let me know where I am, because they're always so verbose and mostly horseshit. So I only read the dialogue, which allows me to see the movie in my mind's eye in real time.

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.

I introduced myself to Scorsese and I said, "If you need someone to do craft services, I'm there."

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

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.

It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.