I always feel that art in general and acting in particular should make the audience a little uncomfortable, to slap them and wake them up.

I try to teach my kids to be open.

Hollywood is a very strong machine that needs, and in... especially with female actors, fresh flesh. It's that cruel. But that's the way it is.

I think I'm a romantic person, yeah.

I've always been an optimistic guy, to tell you the truth.

Every time, I reaffirm in myself that the more comfortable you are, the less you are creating. You have to feel a little bit of pain in the creation.

You see a woman, 22 years old, going out with a guy over 60 - and it's kind of natural. But if it happens in the opposite direction everyone says, 'What is going on there?