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I'm in a position where I'm being continually knocked back for the kind of independent films I want to be in because people don't know who I am.

You know how it is, somebody will see your work and like it and remember it, then decide to make it a role in their film.

It's amazing that for actors mostly, it's a risk to attach yourself to a film that you don't know whether or not it's going to even be made and if you sign on, in doing so, who else is going to be in the movie with you.

I mean the cool thing about the movies is that you get to try on these different personalities and different styles.

I suppose I'm always trying to break down the wall between my characters and myself. I'm trying to make the film as expressive and personal as I can, even if I can't explain, for example, how important it is for me to be Jewish.

It used to be that you could do these nuggets of a movie and it would attach itself in terms of credibility to your work and the style of work that you did, that people would be interested and curious about you and your work as an actor.

I don't want to be known for anything other than the fact that I play characters in movies.

The fact is some people really love my work, some people not so much, but at the end of the day, I don't want anybody coming out of the movie thinking about me.

I don't really want to do the Hollywood thing. I think you ought to try to say something with your movies.

I am astonished and surprised that someone could consider making a film about me without talking to me about it.