It was my first impulse, but I chose to play the priest as a true believer who was an absolute man of faith that absolutely supports the church.

All that back-story stuff doesn't help. What you get paid for is to stand toe-to-toe with the other actor and get him to do your will.

Making a mistake means overshooting a scene, shooting too many takes, for instance. Long after you've got it, you just keep shooting.

I have been working out for 30 years, staying in shape in the dream that someday I would get to play a sex scene. Finally I get one, and they cut it.

When a director makes a mistake, people suffer. People suffer horribly sometimes.

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

Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything.