When You Start Becoming Really Successful, The

Alejandro Amenabar Is A Different Kind Of Director Than I Lot Of The Directors I've Asked For. He Really Asks You To Enter His Dream As Opposed To, You Know, A Guy Like Sidney Lumet Or Something Is Going To Ask You To Create A Character Almost Like A Documentary. He Wants You To Make The People Really Real And He's Going To Capture It Like A Documentarian.

People Are Conditioned To Just You Know, Like, You Know We're Like Little Birdies Going To The Bird Feeder You Know, Or The Little Cows Going To The Salt Lick. We Just Like What We've Seen Before.

I've Had Different Opportunities In My Life, But I've Tried To Maintain The Spirit Of An Amateur. Our Culture Roots Everything In The Barometer Of Success And How Much Money You Make. But If You Really Just Aspire To A Life In The Arts, It's Really Not A Barometer At All.

Success Isn't Measured By What You Achieve, It's Measured By The Obstacles You Overcome.

A Lot Of American Actors When They Do Shakespeare Put On A Phoney English Accent And It Drives Me Crazy. You're Always Fighting Against The Idea That Only The British Know How To Do Shakespeare.