When you're doing a character, you want to know the full landscape. You want to know them spiritually, mentally and physically.

You have to cherish things in a different way when you know the clock is ticking, you are under pressure.

I know that baseball players have certain rituals or habits that they develop, because sometimes it becomes somewhat superstitious if they get on a streak and want to do the same thing over and over again.

I started out as a writer and a director. I started acting because I wanted to know how to relate to the actors. When people ask me what I do, I don't really say that I'm an actor, because actors often wait for someone to give them roles.

People have said, 'You don't need to do any more biopics. You don't need to play any more real people.' I don't agree with that.

In television you don't have a lot of time to spend with the role or the script. Typically you get a script a week prior to shooting. Sometimes it's even less time, not enough time to dream about the role.