You've just provided me with the makings of one hell of a weekend in Dublin.

The theater is a need for me. It's a terrible attraction, something I'm compelled to do. And one derives a form of nourishment from the theater which you can never get from films. Making films weakens you in some way. With the theater, the work itself is a regenerative process.

I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime.

Periodically over the years I've always taken periods of time away from acting.

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.

Germans don't speak in a German accent, they just speak German.

I'm a warrior when it comes to pursuing roles.