Everybody Is God. Everybody Is The Devil.

[bad Influence]was David Koepp's First Big Screenplay. It Was Actually A Writing Sample That Was Around Town To Get David Work At The Time, And Steve Tisch - Now The Owner Of The New York Giants - Found It, Loved It, And Together We Put It Together. But I'd Say That Would Be The One I'd Tell People To Go And Look At If They Haven't Seen It.

We [me,maggie Smith And Natasha Richardson ] Rehearsed [suddenly, Last Summer] Like A Play For A Month, And Then We Shot It Over The Course Of... I Believe It Was 10 Days. All Live, Basically. Long, Uninterrupted Takes. And For Me, A Lot Of It Is Me Going Head To Head With Maggie Smith. And Anybody Who's Ever Had That Opportunity Never Forgets It! It's A Real Career Highlight, And It Was Everything I Ever Thought It Would Be, And More.

I Think [the Outsiders] Really Forged Who I Am As An Actor, And It's One Of The Reasons Why I Keep Being Drawn To Big Ensembles Where I'm Surrounded By Strong, Successful Actors Or Personalities. Because That Was My Initial Foray Into Movie Making.

[maggie Smith] Brings New Meaning To The Phrase "doesn't Suffer Fools." She Has Just The Most Amazing, Dry Timing Of Anyone Ever, I Think. I Think Everyone's Always Known About It, But With Her Resurgence On Downton Abbey, A Whole New Generation Has Been Introduced To It, Which Is Just Great.

[ed Lauter] Was An Actor's Actor. I Love Working With That Class Of Actor. You Know, They Come In, They Do It, No Bullshit. There's No Artifice, There's No Fanciness, They're Just Honest And Tough And Direct.