I'm an idol of cinema? Oh, wow.

I love being a dad. Basically it's the most gratifying, rewarding relationship in life. But, at the same time, it certainly is the most challenging.

I don't have a grand strategy for my career. I just look for good material, and good stories. I look for good scripts.

Well, there's two things I have criteria for doing a film: The script, which is the story, and the filmmaker, and it's a filmmaker's medium. I like really strong directors, and so when I do a film, I'm out there to serve the director, really, which is in turn to serve the script, to serve the director cause he's the one making the film. I relied on Todd Haynes for that.

As I grow older, I put all life's bulls**t aside. I think the process of the laying off of the bulls**t starts around 40. Before that, most men have their heads stuck in their ass. After 40, you see things differently. You've found yourself. You're accepting yourself and what you got from life.

I love being a dad, and I'm good at it. Kids teach you about life, like how not to focus on yourself so much.

I was made to be a perfectionist at everything I did. Everything was more important than what I wanted.