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" Anything you write, even if you have to start over, is valuable. I let the story write itself through the characters. "

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" Character actors just pile up the credits because you work on a movie for, like, a few days. It's not like I'm the lead in everything I do - far from it. I'm not spending three or four months on a picture; I'm spending three or four weeks. Sometimes three or four days. "

" I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires. "

" I've always been interested in character-driven pieces, and my approach to directing is through acting. "

" I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue. "

" I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it. "

" To me, score is really important. I would rather not have any score if it's something that's going to detract from the film. So often when I watch films, the score is what really bothers me. "

" I like telling stories about people with problems. I can't really put it much simpler than that. "

" I usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once. "

" What was frustrating about Armageddon was the time I spent not doing anything. It was a big special effects film, and I wasn't crazy about pretending I was in outer space. It feels ridiculous. "

" All the roles I play, I don't see any of my roles in films that they're typically leading men. "

" Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me. "

" When I was in pre-production for Trees Lounge, I was hearing the cinematographer talking with the production designer about colours and this and that, and feeling like I was losing control. "

" To me, it doesn't really matter how big the part is as long as the part is important to the story. "

" It doesn't matter to me what the genre is. "

" I never know what I'm going to get. A 'Sopranos' fan is very different from a 'Big Lebowski' fan. "

" I didn't really like the aloneness of doing stand-up. "

" I think it's important to create an atmosphere where actors feel like they can try things out. It doesn't mean that I'll take every suggestion, but I want there to be some room for actors to grow. "

" Whenever you do something that is in a continuous take, and something that we're not used to doing, because it was all in the details of if you don't make one move seem natural, it can give away all of it. "

" Shooting in sequence, I think it intensifies everybody's relationship, the crew, the actors. You have to be very focused, and shooting at night is a challenge because you get tired. I think it requires a special kind of concentration, but it's also exhilarating. "

" My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom. "

" I've always tried to have a healthy take on the characters I play; they are only characters I play. "

" I don't tend to think of these characters as losers. I like the struggles that people have, people who are feeling like they don't fit into society, because I still sort of feel that way. "

" My real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre. "

" It doesn't matter what part I play, I try and commit myself 100 percent. "

" I don't think it's necessary to be an actor to get great performances out of an actor. But I do think it helps me as a director because I know what I like as an actor, and I try to get that to the actors who I'm working with. "

" I could never have imagined the films I've done and the people I've worked with when I was starting out; I certainly did not have a career path. "

" The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances. "

" I've never had a grand plan. I've only just tried to keep open to many different possibilities, have fun and work with people who are passionate about what they do. "

" I always find that it's when a script is not detailed, then I have to do more work as an actor. "

" In the beginning, it wasn't even a question of deciding I'm going to do independent film and not commercial films - I wasn't being offered any commercial films, and there wasn't an independent scene. "