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You work really hard to make it, and maybe you get some acclaim, but then you realize there are certain limitations as an actor.

You can have a bunch of great actors in a film, but if you don't have anyone telling a great story, it's a moot point.

Every film for every actor is a make-or-break film. I believe every film has the power to break you or make you. So, an actor will treat every film like his last film. That's the way we need to work, and that's the way you can drum up that passion needed to do good work.

In the end of the day, you are human. Film is a job which is not an individual job; you have tons and tons of people behind you - you have a whole crew of people working. But, an actor is the face of a film, so you get all of the good things, but you get the bad things, also.

You have to have wonderful actors for material, particularly difficult material that requires complicated performances.

Film actors reach a certain level, but they don't get beyond it unless they work in the theater.

There's nothing like working with the best actors possible, and if you have a piece of material like, 'Long Way Down' or 'Love Punch,' which allows you to play, then it's just a joy to go to work.

Film actors are, by nature, more complicated than stage actors.

There are a lot of people out there who offer roles to actors because they'll elevate their movie to a place the movie would never reach.

Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through.