I actually was a musician in college, a composer and singer, and really intended to be the second coming of Leonard Bernstein when I got out.

For me, if the words are good on the page, the rest of it comes from spending some time with the script, and not like you're learning lines but absorbing what the script has to offer.

My general philosophy of playing bad guys, which I've sort of done, you know, half the time is, you know, very few people who we view as bad guys get out of bed and think, 'What evil, terrible thing am I going to do today?' Most people see their motivations as justified - as, you know, justifying whatever they do.

In lean times, you get plenty of sleep, and you're not flying around everywhere.