The normal routine is always the same thing whether it's on a new movie or a new job - there's always a process of getting to know one another. I thi….

It's great when people appreciate your work, but I don't know how seriously to take it. The amazing thing is that I found something so early that I c….

The problem is when you become so well known that everyone is watching you and you don't have an opportunity to observe. It's something that I don't ….

What guides me is to do work that's more avant-garde - things that I think are special. You can easily become a celebrity and get caught up in all th….

My dad told me, 'It takes fifteen years to be an overnight success', and it took me seventeen and a half years..

There are the obstacles of your position as an actor, not being a commodity enough to be hired by the big directors for projects that have some kind ….

A little bit of attention and kindness can totally change a whole life, and a lack of that can do the same..

I try to pace myself and not work for the sake of working and stick to what inspired me prior to receiving recognition..

Being just yourself means you're unselfconscious in that moment. Or maybe we're all self-conscious to an extent. You meet a pretty girl, you're diffe….

Depending on what my job requirement is, my techniques change. If something is incredibly difficult to connect to, and painful, then I have to do a l….

It made me have a much greater understanding of loss, of loneliness, and the level of intense tragedy that so many people have experienced in this wo….

War is chaotic and when you start having a larger scale film and you have a lot of safety protocols and choreography, I would imagine it becomes more….

It would be terribly boring to be earnest..

I was a wild, mischievous kid, and I had tremendous imagination. Any experience I had, I'd try to reenact it..

People think fame and money will bring you happiness. Fame actually makes life, especially human relationships, much more complicated..

I did a real boot camp once which with The Thin Red Line which was learning military exercises and this was far less strenuous. I really had a blast.….

Part of what attracted me to the village was it had a lot of parallels to contemporary issues. Like, fear and the way fear controls us. How the gover….

My parents have raised me with a sense of what's really important and have given me decent values, and I'm comfortable, but I haven't lived an excess….

It's interesting because you feel on the one hand, we understand people from what the say, and in another sense, you'd think that you'd be able to co….

Film is a time capsule. If I have a lack of dedication or focus, it's permanently there as a negative reminder..

I grew up without a lot of money and my parents grew up with far less money. And that's kept me in line. Really in line..