Nothing else counts except what you want.

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

Actors are embracing a new aesthetic, which is leaning more toward truthful and simple and direct, as opposed to what we would normally call sitcom acting.

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

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

Oh yeah, that's the Holy Grail, Pirates of the Caribbean. Johnny Depp, he's the real deal, isn't he? He doesn't get the girl, and he doesn't care.

I've studied Stanislavsky, and Mamet taught Stanislavsky, and I studied with Sanford Meisner. But the part of the method that I think is the most fruitful is the method of physical actions. It all comes down to your objective: Nothing else counts except what you want. How you feel will take care of itself.