At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do.

I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not aware of it passing.

I never retreat from films, as it were, I simply indulge in other interests, that's all.

Shoes are strange things. If you take your shoes off in a situation in which you're vulnerable, you'll feel 10 times more vulnerable.

It didn't occur to me that it was possible to breathe life into Abraham Lincoln.

For about a year, I just didn't know what to do. I did laboring jobs, working in the docks, construction sites.

The more articulate somebody is, the more suspicious I am of them. I like to feel that the important things remain unsaid.