You could easily mistake Josh Brolin for a guy who’s more likely to speak with fists than feelings. He has played men who stare into the dusty horizon and contemplate violence. Even when he played Marvel’s Thanos, under layers of purple CG, Hollywood was taking advantage of his burly persona.

Josh Brolin has recently spoken out about the roles that came his way and that he let fly right past him, with one in particular being part of a project that ended up making a truckload of money. During his appearance on The Happy Sad Confused podcast,