I Want To Be The George Clooney

The First Thing That I Learned - And I Understood It At A Really Young Age - Was That I Could Get A Laugh. Really Early. Because My Mother And Father Are Funny.

There Are Some Scenes That You Have To Lose In Order To Win Something At The End. A Good Director Will Keep Pointing You That Way, But It Is Also Your Job As An Actor To Understand That There Are Scenes That You Do, Particularly When You Are The Lead, Where Other People Get To Come In And Steal And You Have To Let Them. I Understand That But A Good Director Always Reminds You Where Those Moments Are.

I Don't Know Of An Actor That The Coen Brothers Would Come To And Say, "hey, I've Got A Movie For You To Be In, If You Want To Do It," That Would Say, "no." That's The Truth.

You've Got To Remember That Films Don't Lead The Way. People Think That Films Are Trying To Lead Society. Mostly, They're Reflecting The Moods And Thoughts That Are Going On In The Country Or Around The World.

Hollywood Still Makes Things. We Still Export A Couple Billion Dollars' Worth Of Product Overseas. Original, New Product. Some People Might Not Agree That It's Original Or New, But Basically It Is.