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I've got to love the film, not the money. Because I know what it's like not to have money - you still survive.

There was a point in time where I was doing movies to be able to afford to live in a certain way.

You have to struggle a bit, hustle a little, and be willing to go bankrupt. Once you're willing to do that, everything opens up and you get the freedom. My joke is that next year, I'll make the first film that costs zero dollars.

To be fair, I don't think it's a plague to say I have the misfortune of making movies for a living.

If you just kind of live a regular life and make good 'Hollywood' money, you have a certain freedom.

You end up giving up half your salary every time you make a movie because you need the money to make the movie you have in your head.

That's easy to answer: I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a living working in film.

I never did films for the money or because I needed to buy a house or car. I do it because I love my job.

Somewhere after you have few successful films, there is a fear of losing what you have got. It is very easy in the beginning, as you are a risk taker, have nothing to lose, and there is no perception about you.

I haven't always had the money rolling in. I'm a character actor; it's not like I'm Gwyneth Paltrow - so I do have hard times still in my life. And that's even more why it's like you know what, I'm not that different from people going through it. I struggle; I look for a better deal at the grocery store.