I always try to find something I admire about every character I play.

I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me.

You don't go to a town to present the play and have applause at the end of it, but that's benign conquest. It's a glorious way of exploring other landscapes and other cultures in a very life-affirming way.

I think I'm more bonded, emotionally and in a craft sense, to films that tell extraordinary stories about extraordinary destinies.

You want to know what I want? I'll tell you what I want. I want back what Bobby Fischer took with him when he disappeared.

They're a very strange lot actors, very strange people.

I have never felt bereft of anything.