Michael Shannon

How about doing everybody a favor?

How about shutting up?

I know.

It's none of my business.

And besides, I know the answer.

You want to play house, you got to have a job.

You want to play very nice house, very sweet house, then you've got to have a job you don't like.

Anyone comes along and says, what do you do it for?

He's probably on a four-hour pass from the state funny farm.

All agreed.

It was just one of the most sublime situations you could hope for.

I mean, in addition to the cast, you've got Sam Mendes directing.

You've got the astonishing Roger Deakins photographing everything.

Fortunately for me, in that instance, I was playing someone who really didn't give a rat's butt about anything, so it was okay to let go.

I frankly think the hardest part in that story are the parts that Leo and Kate are playing because they don't get to just say whatever comes into their head.

They're trying to hold on to something, and my poor fellow John is not trying to hold on to anything.

Well, I definitely think it kind of paved the way towards Boardwalk Empire.

It's hard to say.

I mean, a lot of it's speculation.

You know, I don't know what goes through people's heads.