I won't kill you but I don't have to save you.

I don't personally look to my own life experiences for answers about how to play a scene.

After the modest success of my first film, I found it very daunting to have to live with that kind of burden of expectations.

I always leave disaster for other people to decide, because some of the things I consider to be disasters are some people's favorite movies. And that's what I like so much, is that you never know. Something intrigues somebody and means nothing to somebody else.

Obviously there are times with acting when exactly what is required is just going through the motions, and when doing nothing is the best thing. But at other times, you have to make that leap beyond the immediate environment of people putting up lights on the set.

Directors go their whole career without being able to tell personal stories and to work with a cast as talented as they are.

There's a level of confidence in the actor you're working with that really helps a lot. It makes all the difference.