On a spiritual level, on a place where you want to be a better human being and listen more, I try. I joke, but it has. I mean, I don't consider mysel….

When somebody's really good, they're not just thinking about their job..

I think, in the initial process of discovering a character and the analytical process - and this is what I did take from Buddhism - initially I think….

Working with Robert, Robert [Elswit] is a storyteller. He's not a cinematographer, he's a storyteller. And to me, that's the graduation I hope to get….

When you find theater writing like in the theater on film but it's realistic, it doesn't matter who the character is, you want to do it..

Romance is important, but to have a friend you can use as a mirror, who can give you an objective response, that's what's really important..

When I look at that now, all I think about is what a master [David Fincher] I was working with, and all of the things I could have watched and learne….

Masculinity is, nowadays and generationally, confusing. What is honor, what is protection, what is being a man? It's evolving. But I believe having a….

We are all from different cultures. Heath's [Ledger] Australian, really. I'm from here. Ang's [Lee] from China. But I think Ang gets very close in pr….

My parents taught me as a kid: do your work. Do it well. Try as hard as you can, whatever it is. It will one day, for the long run, it will make some….

As an actor, I feel like I'm somebody who, when somebody gives me a mark, I don't want to hit it. I don't like that. But then, without even knowing i….