When I audition, I understand what it takes and the insecurities that come with it. If I do anything, I put actors at ease. I used to tell directors who weren't actors, the best thing they could do was take an acting class for a couple of months. Just to understand.

Nothing surprises me. After Donald Trump, nothing matters, does it?

Donald Trump announces this morning that he will run for president. His hair will announce on Friday.

What naturally stops you making the film is there is no more money in the budget. That's really what it is. If you had an unlimited budget, if you were a billionaire and you financed your own movies, then you can either date, because you can sit in an editing room for six years, like Howard Hughes, and never finish anything.

I'm a member of the Academy, but I don't know who all the other Academy members are. It's not like a politician who knows who is in the Iowa caucus.

How many people didn't get a part who would have been better than the person who got the part? Thousands.

I'm not Elvis. I don't get chased by paparazzi.