I was never very happy with performing; it didn't turn me on much.

There is no happiness. There is only concentration.

It would be hard to play a character you don't like - for me anyway - or can't find something in them to like.

Without coffee something’s missing

I wouldn't be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast. Except if something was maybe a play on television or some great television script.

I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it, I destroy it because it's no longer coming from my unconscious.

You take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That's magical. He's done a great thing.