"From the get-go, I'd keep talking and never stop. Literally, I would take single lines and just keep going. In Runaway Jury, there are so many great actors but I got lucky because I'm standing next to Dustin Hoffman! That's the secret; Get next to him and they can't cut you out!" - on how to make an impression in small roles. "John Cusack and I have been friends since childhood, and the fact that we're in so many films together is, no pun intended, serendipitous. I audition and, after I find out I've got the job, I call Johnny and say 'hey man, we're going to be in New Orleans together'. And because we've done a bunch of films, people connect the dots. But, that's not the case". "When I was in London, I saw Ralph Fiennes in Brandt. My mother and I went to the stage door, because we were so blown away by it. We were just gushing American fans. And then this guy went 'ohmigod, Jeremy Piven!' And he started giving it up in a very un-British way. It was a strange moment". "I have a place in Chicago and I get there as much as I can. ... The city is so unbelievably beautiful. It's one of the greatest cities on the planet. My heart beats differently when I'm in Chicago. It slows down and I feel more at ease." - On Chicago "It's your job as an actor to fill out the blanks. I love doing that. To fill in the bones." "I'm a stage actor. That is what I do." If I have a rapper like Common rolling hard with me at a club and I hand him a microphone and he hits five songs in a row and the crowd goes crazy, I don't feel guilty about drinking on the house.