I approach every part I'm asked to do and decide to do from exactly the same angle: who is this person, what does he want, how does he attempt to get it, and what happens to him when he doesn't get it, or if he does?

My definition of palatable might be slightly different from yours.

Parts win prizes, not actors.

One of the most, in a weird way, encouraging things a director can say to an actor - I know this as an actor - is when you ask them a question, they say, I don't know - 'cause it means there's some space there for you to find out. And it means that there's going to be a process.

I like it when stories are left open.

If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work.

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