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I always like to play roles where I either love the character or think that it's a story that I can tell better than anyone else. There are always reasons for me to do whatever I do.

You try to pick good stories, and that's pretty much all the control you have as an actor.

Every time when I start preparing my character for a movie, I always try to make up and create my own background story for the role in order to fill it with life.

I definitely managed to do different kinds of things. My focus is usually who the director is, because at the end of the day the director is the storyteller, what the movie is all about. I don't want to participate in something that I don't think is constructive storytelling.

I'm inspired every time I see a role I'd like to play, an actor turn in a well crafted performance, a story I'd like to tell, direct or produce.

I get to play a great character while working with great actors and great directors on a great show.

I worked as an actor for many years. Then I segued to some non-fiction writing.

I've had some interesting roles along the way, but they tend to be cause-driven. They're always about something. There isn't time for character work as an actor because you're fighting the cause or mourning the child or fighting the disease, etc.

I feel like my responsibility as an actor is to make characters as compelling and believable as possible.

I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.