In the past I've worked with directors who saw very much their scene in their head and knew exactly how they were going to cut it.

It's interesting because I haven't done a lot of period work in the past, but I always wanted to because I'm interested in history.

I usually look at things like that from an audience perspective first, then have a closer look at the specific character they're talking about me for.

Normally when I'm sent a script I'll read it through to see how it hangs as a story and then I'll go back and read it through again and look at the character.

The purpose of money is to trade for things that make you happy. So if you can bypass money and get directly to the happy, you've saved a lot of trouble. And it makes others happier, too, when you organize your business around non-monetary things.

I know that if I say something that's considered outrageous, a group will take it, create an email blast, and use me to raise money or to do whatever, to build their profile.

We don't even realize how loaded of a topic money is. We've got really serious judgments on it.

No one will remember that President Obama supported the Arab Spring if it eventually fails and the region collapses back into the political Dark Ages. If we actively engage these movements with advice, with money, and, when necessary, with military force, then we get a vote in how it all turns out.