George Clooney

And that was my home, getting into going to acting classes and doing local plays and just banging around for a while.

So it was all...

You know, it was an exciting, I mean, I can't explain to you what an exciting thing it is to chase something that you think you could succeed at, even though there was no reason to actually think you could succeed.

You know, again, it's so many moments.

All my friends in acting class were getting jobs and I wasn't, and I was very jealous of all of them.

And there's some similarities to the character that Billy Crudup plays in the film, you know.

It's never not been that way, right?

It's a really funny thing.

There were two or three actors in class who were by far the best actors.

And if there was justice in the world, they would have been the biggest stars because they were the best actors.

That's why this is such a random thing.

If you study medicine...

And you spend six years studying medicine.

When you're finished studying medicine, you're going to be a doctor.

You can study for six years acting, be the best actor in acting class, and never get a single job, ever.

In fact, that happens much more often than not.

In general, when I've been able to be personally involved, when I've been able to know or have some personal insight, but in general, it's when I feel like...

when I feel like no one else is going to do it.

That's kind of the thing.

If someone else has got a certain subject covered, then I don't really need to do it.