Either you're growing or you're decaying; there's no middle ground. If you're standing still, you're decaying.

For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle, confronting some stern and faceless judge who would condemn me to a pit of hell if I didn't achieve the "zone," if even for a moment. Not a particularly happy place to work from.

I don't think it does the audience any good to know what I do to prepare. It keeps it more of a surprise. I don't feel like it has to be a mystery.

Two-thirds of American movies are extensions of commercials -- they tell you how to feel and they tell you how to think -- rather than letting you figure it out on your own.

You know what Andy Warhol's sole contribution to this country has been? He made Campbell's Soup a household word.

My favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning.

Either you're growing or you're decaying; there's no middle ground. If you're standing still, you're decaying.