My line-learning is very special. I like to learn the dialogue of the whole film before I arrive.

You cannot learn a lesson of profound forgiveness unless you understand what it is to be wounded and forgive that which has wounded you.

I've never had to turn my hand to anything for monetary gain, other than pretending to be somebody else. I'm deeply fortunate.

You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you to tell its story. You are the shaman/healer, that's what the storyteller is, and I think it's important for actors to appreciate that. Too often actors think it's all about them, when in reality it's all about the audience being able to recognize themselves in you. The more you pull away from the public, the less power you have on screen.

But comedy I'd love to do as much as humanly possible.

I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language.

I think that most actors attempt to keep in touch with the child.