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

I have a competition in me. I want no one else to succeed. I hate most people.

I would like to have children while I've still got the energy. But then I have the feeling that when I have children I'll stop performing in the same way, because you don't really need to perform if you have children.

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

I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.

I suppose that anyone who does any kind of creative work some time in their life - especially as you grow into middle age! - you come to a time where you really question more and more frequently, whether you have anything else to offer. And at its worst, you feel utterly bereft of whatever creative force it takes to do that work.

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.