Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust.
There's something in human nature, the trying-to-get-on-with-it quality of people, the struggle to maintain or keep the show going can be exhausting.
I really don't make a concerted effort to try to find a type of role.
Well, I don't know what image people have of me.
It's not easy to tell a story about writers and make that feel like a complete story and an interesting story.
I like complicated characters.
I'm happy to report that everybody whose face I've wanted to punch on Earth has already been punched.
I've never felt like my career has been on fire.
I don't think there's any connection between my journalism career and my film career. They are two totally different mediums and very different skills.
Ultimately, I'm not so sure that, as a person, I'm all that interesting.
We all have to lead double lives, not just celebrities. The face we put on publicly with our jobs and certain situations. I think that's part of the human condition.
There's no harmony in most people in a way, and I'm attracted to it, and I think it makes for good storytelling.
My grandfather had two boys, my uncle had three boys, my dad had me and my two brothers, each of my brothers have had two boys. Then something happened with the chromosomal experiment and suddenly I've got three girls.
I like the classics!
Setting goals can blind you to opportunities. You might be trying to get to point C. When opportunity B comes, you don't even look at it because you're going straight to C.
I was always explaining why my term papers were never on time. I think that's where I got my acting training!
