“It's almost like a genre rule: Don't Open The Box.” — Joel Coen Quote

It's almost like a genre rule: Don't Open The Box.

I guess there's a certain amount of poking fun at certain characters, but that's because there is something amusing about them or about the way they behave, so I guess you can say that that's poking fun at the character. But the character is your own invention, so who cares?

We create monsters and then we can't control them.

Usually, I don't want to sit down and listen to the director gas on about his movie. I just can't actually imagine myself sitting down and having that much to say.

You love all your characters, even the ridiculous ones. You have to on some level; they're your weird creations in some kind of way. I don't even know how you approach the process of conceiving the characters if in a sense you hated them. It's just absurd.

An actor has to continuously reinvent himself. So my plea to all directors and scriptwriters is please look at me out of the box.

I want a certificate that allows me to make as big a box office as possible.

I'm not really interested in being a superhero. That's not a box I've been trying to check off.

The standard entertainment industry reaction to Hollywood's box office slump reveals the same shallow, materialistic mindset that helped create the problem in the first place.

I sort of do like box breathing and works for me. It sort of relaxes my mind and takes a bit of pressure off.