When I direct I try to keep it a unique design of my own. Naturally you're influenced.

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.

We're all different. Some people are musicians, some people are actors, some people are agents and some people are accountants... We're all different.

I have no illusions about my position in this world as an actor or anything like that. I'm very realistic. Reality is a very liberating thing.

Relish everything that's inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life.

We have a Boesendorfer piano that I play every day. It keeps my brain and my fingers active.

A conductor can't be too arrogant with an orchestra and try to impose himself too much.