The Internet is a limitless library at your fingertips. It's a great place to start with the acquisition of knowledge. My process is to go to a... →
Barry Eisler
Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.
I'm not sure why I'm so drawn to heroes who do bad things and to villains who think they're the good guys, but I do find that moral... →
There's an awful lot of corruption in Japanese business and politics, corruption of the sort that can make for great setting for a spy story.
David Mamet was great to work with. He was everything that I thought he would be as a director. He's incredibly articulate, an easy collaborator.... →
Chiwetel Ejiofor
It's a weird thing when you spend your life trying to find these great scripts and great parts. You are reading scripts, you are traveling the... →
I've always been a believer in research. It's great to have an instinctual human reaction to a character, too, of course, but it has to be... →
Depending on what your interest in theater is, I always recommend working on plays. It's a great way to be introduced to the field, and also a... →
Since I started acting, I always or often find work takes precedence with me. And that is not necessarily a great rule for life.
I feel that I don't have to wait around for good scripts anymore, that I can get things moving more quickly. I can ring up directors I like and... →