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You can be the lead in a movie just for the sake of being a lead in a movie, or you can just be in a good movie.

You need supporting actors to help to tell the story. For me, I'm lucky to be a part of the films. Being an actor, I'll take any role, whether it's supporting or leading.

I follow the director's lead because they generally know more about the big picture, but I also trust that the director will give me enough freedom to play.

I'd rather have a small part in a good film with good people than play the lead in something I don't really care for.

You act in a movie, and at the end of the day, the director and editor decide what your performance is.

In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors.

As an actor, you're always at the service of somebody else's vision. In a play, it's more of the director's vision, and he or she's got their hands on you all the way up to opening night, and if it's a film, there are even more people.

When you're playing a supporting character, you don't really have a lot of control of the quality of the film.

In the acting game, you spend a long time fighting against what the director perceives you to be. And half the time the directors don't know.

It's what actors call a big, juicy part, when you're a leading man. I don't get a lot of those. I get a lot of supporting things.