When I was a little kid, my parents would show me Marx Brothers' films and westerns and stuff like that. That's where all my desire to be an actor comes from and probably most of my understanding of acting comes from for sure.

I carry around a black leather Moleskine journal all the time. And I always write ideas down, especially when I'm on set and working with actors like Jeremy Irons and Viola Davis and learning from them.

Each film and each character is a completely new set of challenges. It doesn't feel like you can rest on something you may have done well in the past.

I just can't imagine having to do an accent all the time - like, in your whole career.