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For any role, I pretty much always go to the script, first and foremost.

I always tend to see, right after reading the script, the character and how I want to play it. I guess that's sort of most of the work, preparing for the role, but almost the creation of the character seems to go on as I read through the script.

I guess, as a director, you sort of take the script, and you find ways to interpret it.

I'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll rehearse lines.

I never practice before, I never work hours on a script. I just choose my characters and trust them, and after that, it's about the director taking your hand.

I've never committed to a role without a script.

I do finish reading a script and say, Why are they making it and what are they talking about? I like to try and be responsible in my choices in that way.

When I start thinking about a role, I read the script a few times and then let it sink in - and then take some time to develop how that character is going to play out and what he's going to do.

Not one role that I've played has been written specifically for me.