Acting is about people. Other people. Otherwise, you're not acting, you're doing monologues.

If you remain unsettled by a piece of writing, it means you are not watching the story from the outside; you've already taken a step toward it.

How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.

As a member of the audience I don't like it that I can't see what's going on in the eyes and in the face and in the most subtle responses of a performer when I'm more than a few rows back. I find it very frustrating.

Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation.

I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.

When I do work, I feel the same sort of urgency as I ever did. If I didn't feel that, I don't think I would wish to be doing it. I wouldn't really see the point.