There's Something About Knowing Life Is Finite

Well, There's A Great Marlon Brando Quote That To Do Something Well You Have To Spiritually Marry Your Director. You Have To Be Making The Same Movie They Are In That You Have To Try To Help Their Imagination Be Better, And More Full, And More Fully Realized, But You Can't Have A Different Imagination Because Then You End Up - And You See This A Lot In Movies - Where It Feels Like They Were Making Five Different Films.

In Fact, I Think My Life Is Always Going To Be Difficult, Because I Am Trying To Do Something... "original" Is A Big Word. It's Kind Of Pathetic, But I Have To Love What I'm Doing.

When You Do 'before Sunset,' You Know While It's A Limited Audience, There Was A Very Small Group Of People That Love 'before Sunrise.' You Feel A Certain Pressure To Make Sure That You Uphold A Level Of Quality That Has Been A Bar. You Set A Bar And You Have To At Least Match It.

'brooklyn's Finest,' This Is The Kind Of Movie That's Why I Want To Be An Actor, To Tell Real-life Stories. This Is Where I Feel My Job Is, To Interpret Life.

I've Turned Down Good Directors Before Because I Knew The Part Didn't Speak To Me And I've Worked With Less Talented Directors Before Because The Part I Had Such Passion For.