I don't know what I believe.

I'm married. My wife, Stella - a beautiful woman. She's brought a lot of peace to my life, a lot of wisdom.

Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script.

I’m not being cynical, but when you’re doing a movie you have a number of choices as an actor. Then you see it all cut together and all of those precious little pieces you put in are maybe on the cutting room floor. So, you don’t have that much control. You have very little control, in fact.

I know that some actors and directors like to have intensity on set. I don't, particularly. Certainly, if they want that, that's fine, but I can't work like that.

My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker.

Jonathan Demme is a very sharp editor of his movies.