
Guys are natural problem solvers - they like to have strategies.

You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.

As a director, it is important to understand the actor's process.

When you're doing a character, you want to know the full landscape. You want to know them spiritually, mentally and physically.

I would love to play Jimi Hendrix.

People have said, 'You don't need to do any more biopics. You don't need to play any more real people.' I don't agree with that.

I think you realize how much you need to have people that you love. It's not as much about them loving you - it's about you needing to love people.

I wasn't a comic book geek as a kid. I read some, but it was just like, "Oh, I have this comic book here." It wasn't like I was collecting them.

There's nothing more stressful than your stomach growling.

Sometimes when you're acting, you only need a little bit of something to sort of channel or, you know, transport into a place.