What I liked so much while shooting [a movie], I might not like anymore when I see it or vice versa. The two are connected but not on a causal level.

You're always being cast for what you've been in last.

It's the economics, that's why opera is not dying but gets more and more difficult to put on.

Becoming an actor is like becoming a father. It's not hard to become one. Making a life of it is the challenge.

By looking into more details of American history, we can make more sense of what's happening today.

It's a wonderful narrative device to bring someone from the outside and look through his eyes if you want to describe the absurdity and preposterous reality that is accepted amongst the ones who are inside.

To be fair, on a good project, no matter whether it's improvised or scripted or meticulously prepared, or all up for grabs, it's always, always beyond the safety zone. Every project becomes interesting and exciting once you move beyond that routine. You always aspire to that. It's not that this improvisational mode is the only mode that facilitates that.