Any ordeal that you can survive as a human being is an improvement in your character,and usually an improvement in your life.

Any ordeal that you can survive as a human
being is an improvement in your character,
and usually an improvement in your life.

This basic thing I always do: 'What happened between the character's birth, and page one of the script?' Anything that's not in the story, I'll fill in the blanks.

I try to research or make up for myself what happened in any character's life. From when he was born until the first page of the script. I fill in the blanks.

To be an artist, you don't have to compose music or paint or be in the movies or write books. It's just a way of living. It has to do with paying attention, remembering, filtering what you see and answering back, participating in life.

I grew up with horses when I was a kid in Argentina. I like them. I respect them. I'm careful around them. You never know what they're going to do. They're endlessly interesting. I've had some good acting partners that were horses over the years.