This Whole Notion Of The Acting Career

I Guess If There's One Thing That Might Surprise People About Me, It's That I'm Very Obedient. I'm Kind Of Like A Dog. I Look At Acting As Kind Of A Service Industry. You're There To Serve The Writer And The Director. I Don't Really Look At It As An Act Of Self-expression, Like I'm Going To Say What's On My Mind.

This Whole Notion Of The Acting Career As A Monopoly Where You Rise To Power... It Doesn't Really Work That Way. I Don't Ever Really Feel Powerful In Any Way. It's Kind Of The Same Thing It's Always Been: You Just Figure Out What You Want To Do And You Do It.

There's Nothing Routine About 'boardwalk Empire.' It's Like Being In Some Secret Society Where They Call You Up And Tell You Where To Go: 'meet Us At The Corner Of Such And So.'

If You Don't Fight The System, You Can Either Take Advantage Of The System Or Let The System Take Advantage Of You.

I Want To Focus On Each Scene. I'm A Real Perfectionist, And I Don't Want To Feel Like I Didn't Consider Every Possible Variation Of A Scene. I Come From A Theater Background, So I'm Used To A Lot Of Repetition, And I'm Used To Really Attacking Something Over And Over And Over Again.