God, I Hate Interviews With

Look, I Play All These Tough Guys And Thugs And Strong, Complex Characters. In Real Life, I Am A Cringing, Neurotic Jewish Mess. Can't I For Once Play That On Stage?

The Weird Job Of Acting Is That It Is So Simple. You Just See The Person In The Situation. It Is Whatever You Have To Do To Get There. Some People Want To Stay Up All Night Or Cut Their Toe Off. For Me It Is A Bunch Of Reading, And Hanging Out With Real People, I Do That. You Never Know What You Are Going To Get. It Might Be The Shoes People Wear.

I Went Off And Read The Books After The Audition And I Read All Four Books In One Sitting - You Know - Didn't Wash, Didn't Eat, Drove Around With Them On The Steering Wheel Like A Lunatic. I Suddenly Understood Why My Friends, Who I'd Thought Where Slightly Backward, Had Been So Addicted To These Children's Books. They're Like Crack.

Acting Is A Really Simple Job - It's Just Hard To Do. You Just Have To Be That Person With Their Background In That Situation. That's All It Is. My Kids Do It All The Time When They're Dressing Up And Playing Games.

It Seems A Bit Weird To Call Someone Your Girlfriend When You Have A Child.