There are a lot of actors whom I love, who personalize their work. I want to know everything about them, like De Niro, like Gary Oldman.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've always been interested in films where you can identify with the actors. Where you can be in their shoes and therefore be more involved if they're people that you recognize.
I've been just like any other working actor, out there looking for stuff.
I've been fortunate to work with several actors and directors who I look up to, and learned from each of them.
Like De Niro. He's one of the best character actors we have ever had.
There are many actors I really like and whose work I admire.
When I meet someone who I really admire, I enjoy nothing more than trying to connect with them and asking them about their career. I want to know who the people are behind the performances and how they relate to their performances. But it's maybe not as novel as it once was.
Robert de Niro has always been fascinating to me. And if John Cazale were still alive, that would be a man I'd love to work with. I'm a big fan of Paul Thomas Anderson's films - I would be honored to work with him. I think he's a brilliant director, and he gets such compelling stories out of his actors and out of his crew.
I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
I don't want to know about the lives of other actors and I don't want people to know too much about me. If we don't know about the private lives of other actors, that leaves us as clean slates when it comes to playing characters. That's the point, they can create these other characters and I can believe them.
I'm largely interested in people who are just great actors, and they're not necessarily hugely famous.