I Never Looked At Fan Mail, For

It Is One Of The Few Elements In The Process That A Director Really, Really Can't Control: An Actor's Performance. If You Have A Director That Understands That, It's Comforting To An Actor. You're Starting The Relationship More As A Collaborator, Rather Than As An Employee Or Some Kind Of A Soldier Trying To Execute Something You Don't Organically Feel.

I Remember My Dad Working With Me On Breaking Down My Script And Writing Out A Back Story For My Character And All That Stuff.

As An Actor, You Get Hired For What You Last Did. And I Guess It Just Becomes Your Choice Or Obligation To Do Different Things.

I Would Rather Do Three Or Four Small Parts Every Year As Opposed To Some Of The Lower-hanging Fruit That Might Get My Name Above The Title.

I'd Worked So Hard That By The Time I Was 20, I Wanted To Play Hard. And I Did That Really Well.