A Script Is Like A Theory Of

Why People Pick Me For The Roles That They Do Is A Bit Of A Mystery.

I End Up Improvising In Almost Everything To Some Degree, 'cause It's Often Necessary On Movies. The Script Is One Thing, And It's This Kind Of Theory Of What You're Going To Do, And Then You Get There On The Day And You Realize, "oh, The Script Is Not Appropriate To This Room, The Door's Over Here."

The Thing I Tried To Remember When I Was Younger Was 'do Something That's At Least As Good, If Not Better, Than The Last Thing You Did.' So I Started With Brian De Palma And Sean Penn. I Had A Pretty High Bar To Start With.

The Way You Get Through Having A Shitty Job Is To Laugh A Lot And Goof Around.

I Did A Movie With Leonardo Dicaprio, And His Skill Level Was Eons Ahead Of Mine. It Was Really More Like An Abattoir - He Just Slaughtered My Character Over And Over Again.