The Rehearsal Process In General

Actors Tend To Get In Their Own Way, A Lot. A Lot Of Times You Will Do Things That Will Screw Up Your Audition Process. I Was Very Bad At Auditioning, And I Always Went In To It Saying ‘god I Hope I Don’t Screw This Up.’ But At The Same Time, The Directors Are Saying, ‘god, I Hope This Person Is The Savior.’ You Have To Remember Is That The Worst Thing That Could Happen Is You Don’t Get The Job You Don’t Already Have.

When You Go To Detroit You See A Town That Is Resilient, That's Just Fighting To Win Again, And There's An Energy To That. Just Watching A City Really Fighting To Get Back On Its Feet And Watching The Inner Strength Of A City Is Tremendous.

My Little Animal Secrets Must Remain My Little Animal Secrets. How I Do My Nails, That Is Really My Business.

When You're Young, You Tend To Believe What People Tell You, And That's Dangerous. As You Get Older, You Learn That You're Never As Good Or As Bad As They Say You Are. If You Understand This, You Win.

I Certainly Direct With Confidence Even If I'm Not Confident. I Learned Early On As An Actor That Confidence Can Be Faked, And It's Not Always A Terrible Thing To Do. A Lot Of Times If People Feel You're Confident, Then They're Confident.