Why I love acting is that it's totally subjective and I like that. I like that.

The films that are interesting you never can stop... there's no end point, you just keep thinking and musing about it.

Most of the people that I've worked with when shooting films that I really respect, there is a point which you do become obsessed in a good way. And because it's a collaborative medium, you're not by yourself in a room tearing your hair out, you're in a room with a bunch of people. And we're all tearing our hairs out, or trying to get something right, or caring deeply about something. But that's fun.

If you push in every time there's a big moment, then the tenth time you push in, you're not going to get the same effect. Or if you have too many close ups, then when you have a big moment and you want a close-up in order to make a point, it doesn't mean anything because you've already been doing close-ups. It's like writing in all capitals. Then after a while that doesn't mean anything. So, just because you can do something with a camera doesn't mean you should.

In a film, if you can capture what's going on underneath, you can begin to make a connection between the character and the people watching it.

I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice.

Some people say talent is energy and that's a very interesting way of thinking about it. In other words, people with talent have a lot of energy.