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What you do is get the right director and the right screenwriter and the right cast. It's a fantastic job.

A director should cast a person who fits into their script.

My priority is the script. Get me a good script, and I will sign the movie. I think I should leave the casting up to the experts!

For me, it's important that the script is good. Then a good director will want to make it.

Give me a good script, and I'll be a hundred times better as a director.

I have an idealistic approach to acting. I want to be great at it, but you can't be great if the scripts are not there and the director doesn't know what he's doing.

It's not about the script: it's about who the director is and who the other people in the cast are. Because you can look at a great script and execute it in a very sophomoric way, and you can look at an OK script, and you can execute it in a very sophisticated way and come out with something really good.

If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.

I always try to stick to the script because I want to respect the writers, and I want to respect the director. But if the director and my fellow actors are okay with me playing with it a little bit, then I definitely want to play with it.

You can have an amazing director and terrible script, and the film's not going to be great. But if you have the most incredible script and an okay director, you could still get a really good film.