Fiction is about intimacy with characters, events, places..
I always have humour in my action movies. I think characters that make jokes under fire are more real. It somehow helps put you in their shoes..
You just gotta do what you gotta do whatcha can..
How would you like to find out how good my right is?.
Things never go smoothly..
The growing tide of anti-Semitism shocks the conscious of everyone who values freedom, and the ugly, hateful acts particularly stain the character of….
I play characters. I don't think I really have a persona per se. I don't play the same guy every time. I show up, you don't know what I'm gonna do. I….
That became my aesthetic - a very Chekhovian, American realist aesthetic in the tradition of Raymond Carver, Richard Ford, and Tobias Wolff. The perf….
Perhaps teenagers don't interest me as much as children do since I still feel (even at 58) to be a fairly adolescent personality, especially in my en….
When you do a film, you start to get the character, and then it disappears for a year before it's released and you get feedback..
I think it's really cool that videogames are getting more and more sophisticated and believable, and that people who worked on movies are being asked….
One of the things that I really love about doing a film is working with actors and the whole casting process. I feel I'm not looking for actors. I fe….
Consumers no longer want only a great product - they want to buy products from companies that align with their own character and values..
As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively..
The habits of feeling, action and judgment that comprise good character depend on personal self-discipline and powerful aspiration to become a good p….
When you're starting out as an actor, you keep raising the stakes. First, you just want to be a character who comes on stage and gets a laugh or two ….
Characterization requires self-knowledge, insight into human nature . . . it is more than impersonation..
I really have no idea what the French think of my characters, or why The Devil All the Time did so well there..
Freebase? What's free about it?.
After 'Prom Night' I did two movies where I was playing a prostitute. I gravitate towards characters that have some sort of inner turmoil or some sor….
I love performing on stage the most. It's getting that instant reaction from a live audience. There are no boundaries, you can take your character as….