If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.

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 am hellbent on defying your expectations, at every turn, and even if you don't like what's being done, I dare you to find it uninteresting.

Film has to be reflecting the world that we live in, and that's all you want to be a part of. Actors inhabit the same planet as everyone else. It's a weird thing that happens when you're an actor because people hold you up because you somehow embody in parts groups of people or people's hopes or something.

I suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that awfully overused word [...] - a jouuuuuurney.

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.'

The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.