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I've definitely had mentors, whether parents or friends or actors who I like.

I work with a lot of movie stars.

I had many, many mentors that I worked with. Music teachers, choir directors, directors in summer stock or in regional theater. You know, people I was able to work with repeatedly and learn from who were really sort of appropriate people for me to work with at a given time in my development as an actor.

I've been fortunate to work with several actors and directors who I look up to, and learned from each of them.

I always treat all the jobs I do as an acting class.

I'm a Method actor. I spent years training for the drinking and carousing I had to do in this film.

One of the great things about my job is I get to do all of these things that I may not experience had I not been an actor.

I've never thought that what I do as an actor does anything for anybody, other than making them laugh once in a while.

So I've had really great assistant directors for my last seven movies.