You would think, in an ideal world, that if you were in a really good film and did a really good job, whether it was a big film or not, you would get hired a lot; but that is not my experience.

I still have a reputation as an eccentric. But the fact is that audiences probably mix up my roles with me as a person.

I started out as an actor but now I act to fund my own productions. I've managed to separate my mindset.

A good thing to live by is to go after what truly interests you.

The United States has its own propaganda, but it's very effective because people don't realize that it's propaganda. And it's subtle, but it's actually a much stronger propaganda machine than the Nazis had but it's funded in a different way.

My cat can eat a whole watermelon.

Realism is always subjective in film. There's no such thing as cinema verite.