I've Done So Many Independents

Good Acting Is Good Acting, However You Learn It. Some People Who Haven't Studied Are Amazing. Some People Like Leonardo Dicaprio Are Naturally Gifted - He's Learned Technique By Working With People Early On.

It's Hard To Not Get Typed In Hollywood. They Really Want To Type You. I'm Trying To Avoid That, Because I Want To Do A Lot Of Things. I Know What I'm Capable Of. I Forgive Them Because They Don't Know. They Haven't Seen Me Play Hamlet. They're Not Going To Cast Me As An English Aristocrat. I'm Going To Have To Prove That On My Own. That's Okay. That's What You Have To Fight For If You Want To Be An Artist.

In Theatre You Can't Ad Lib, So You Want To Pick Really Good Material, Like David Mamet Or Shakespeare Or Whatever. You Want To Be Really Careful About What You Do. But In The Movies, You Do Have More Wiggle-room. You Do Have More Opportunities To Improvise. It's Fun To Improvise, But I Still Think It's Better To Have A Great Script.

I Did Some Martial Arts Training For 'confessions Of A Dangerous Mind,' Since The Character Was An Assassin.

I Remember Being Very Influenced By 'taxi Driver', And Also Tommy Lee Jones In 'coal Miner's Daughter' A Little Bit.