Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to be. Surprise the audience.

I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.

The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.

I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up.

Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to be. Surprise the audience.

I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual.

Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose.