I don't mind being a commodity. It's given me a good life.

I don't push my luck. I don't worry about the results and therefore everything seems to work out well. That's something I've learnt over the years. The whole thing about the acting business is that it's a hit-or-miss game so I keep my distance from it.

I am not very good with relationships. With anyone. I can't be locked up with anyone for too long.

Certainty is the enemy of mankind. If you're certain about everything, you have the Inquisition, you have Nazis and you have - that certainty is something to be guarded about.

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.

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

No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.