"I don't think of it as a competition - which might surprise you, given the way movies are reported constantly."

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"Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through."

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"I deliberately, in a way, went for something that was a huge challenge and was a big period film. I was excited about the canvas on which I could tell the story as much as the story itself."

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"You think about taking audiences on a journey."

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"Thank God I don't live in Los Angeles. I think if you're there the whole time it just gets out of proportion and you lose touch completely with reality."

Time

"I like throwing snowballs at small children."

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"When I drive through a field, I want to see green grass sometimes, and I don't want to see black and white."

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