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

Film has become such a central part of our culture now that I think sometimes too great a weight is placed upon it in terms of scrutiny and analysis. There's a lot of rather specious professorial stuff that swirls around films.

I like to learn about things.

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

There are always practical decisions to be made about any character you're playing.

I just knew at an early time in my life how important privacy was.

I don't do all of this as an indulgence. I do it because I'm not a good enough actor to not do it.