I've Turned Down Good Directors Before Because

What I Learned About Acting, From My Experiences Directing, Is Why So Many Producers And Directors Don't Like Actors. You Go Through All Of This Work Securing A Location, Figuring Out How To Get Electricity There, How To Get Trucks Parked Where They Need To Be, And Where Catering Is Going To Come From. And If The Actors Don't Come Up With Some Magic, It Actually Didn't Matter. That Creates A Lot Of Animosity Towards The Actors.

Alejandro Amenábar Is A Very Interesting Filmmaker. I Had Really Liked The Others, Which Was A Movie He Made With Nicole Kidman A Few Years Ago. He Made A Very Compelling Case About How Much He Wanted Me To Be In This Movie. Whenever A Really Passionate, Talented Filmmaker Seems To Have An Interest In Me, I Take It Very Seriously Because I Like To Work.

'brooklyn's Finest,' This Is The Kind Of Movie That's Why I Want To Be An Actor, To Tell Real-life Stories. This Is Where I Feel My Job Is, To Interpret Life.

In All Of Our Society, But Especially In Hollywood, There Is An Obsession With Perfection That Can Lead To Self-loathing And Neurosis And All That Kind Of Stuff.

Read. It Makes You More Intelligent. It’s That Simple. We All See The Universe Through The Tiny Keyhole Of Our Own Eyes, And Every Book Is Another Keyhole From Which You Can Gaze.