I had just come off of doing a play in Los Angeles which actually got me the role. It was called Bent and it was at the Mark Taper Forum. I was playi….

When I did Casual, I just let myself put on weight because he's a schoolteacher. He's not meant to be muscle-y..

For some roles, like when I was doing Bent, that was harder and I didn't find that helpful because I was so calorie deprived, my brain wasn't getting….

My character is called The Hunter. He's the main antagonist in the movie. In a nutshell, he's a slightly deranged natural born killer who's weirdly d….

You get a role like this in a big action movie [like Jack Reacher] and you can go one of two ways: you can paint in broad strokes, which happens a lo….

[ Tom Cruise] that kind of employee that's first to arrive, last to leave..

Obviously I was talking to my parents and my girlfriend all the time, but it's one thing to finally be in the same room and get to be with each other….

I'm not a method actor but it certainly does help to have that kind of dedication. I treated my preparation like I was in the military. I didn't go o….

Sociopaths are more complicated psychopaths; the difference between a sociopath and a psychopath is a sociopath is incredibly charming. There are a l….

I had heard that Tom [Cruise] was the same way, that he is incredibly dedicated. I was very excited to meet him and I was, honest to God, weirdly sur….

[Jack Reacher] is the longest I'd ever shot anything - and let's be clear, this is my first studio feature film - so there was a huge learning curve..

I only had a three-week break from the beginning of Bent, so I went from one thing to the next. I got back [from shooting Jack Reacher] and there was….

I'm a trained actor and I can always tone it down, I can always simplify the work I've done. But if I'm asked to bring the nuanced and complicated wo….

When I look at myself in the mirror, I don't see the bad guy..

You're working so hard and so many hours, you simply don't get to visit with everybody when you're gone for five months. That's part of the trade in ….

I went into very deep research as to what exactly that meant and how sociopaths function psychologically and within the world..

Psychopaths don't have that charming skill set. They definitely manipulate, but they do it through focused, unskilled means. They're more obsessive..

I read as many books about the psychology of a psychopath as I could and I researched what exactly happens to soldiers..

It's pretty tough on your loved ones to try to get back into a rhythm, especially when all you want to do is do nothing..

The guy [Tom Cruise] is a machine..

The role I played [in theatre] was originated by Ian McKellen in 1979 and he came. I didn't know he was there and I walked out at the end of the play….