I came here in 1974 to do a play, and then I went to L.A. I really like living in America. I feel more at home here than anywhere else.

By giving up 'the need' and 'the want', things begin to happen for you

I never make conscious decisions.

I became an actor because I didn't know what else to do. Academically, I wasn't good.

I came here in 1974 to do a play, and then I went to L.A. I really like living in America. I feel more at home here than anywhere else.

Oliver Stone is a great director and I've seen many films over the years, but I try to create stuff out of my own imagination. I want to break all the rules and mess about with it and make a different movie just for the fun of it.

I was lousy in school. Real screwed-up. A moron. I was antisocial and didn't bother with the other kids. A really bad student. I didn't have any brains. I didn't know what I was doing there. That's why I became an actor.