Dermot Mulroney

Even through my college years, I was trying out plays and shows, but I never really thought it made much sense to try to be an actor. I thought it was foolish, really.

What people actually refer to as research nowadays is really just Googling.

Growing up, Paul Newman seemed like the ultimate manly actor. And then, I got to work with him and we became friends, so that was nice.

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.

I love Hindi films.

My background is in filmmaking, and my mentor is Dusan Makavejev, who combined fiction and documentary.