It's a nightmare to sit and watch a film that I'm in. There's a horrible inescapability to it.

The directors you trust the most are the ones, when you ask them a question, they've got the guts to say, 'I don't know.'

I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.

Originally, theater was my life. It was what I assumed I'd spend my working life doing - if I was lucky. Then along came movies.

I don't play villains, I play very interesting people

The difference between being an actor and a director is simple. The director has to hide his panic; the actor doesn't.

Acting is about giving something away, handing yourself over to whatever role you are asked to play. I'm not hiding or escaping or seeking anonymity. I reserve the right not to have a rubber stamp on my forehead saying this is who I am. Because who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.