I don't need a director who's 'good with actors.'...A master manipulator is heaven.

The only power you have is the word no.

I don't think you can ever completely transform yourself on film, but if you do your job well, you can make people believe that you're the character you're trying to be.

We are on red alert when it comes to how we are perceiving ourselves as a species. There's no desire to be an adult. Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.

I never trusted good-looking boys.

Certainly, a lot of the films I've worked on have ended up good movies, but they haven't always been the best experiences

I like hard rock, and classic rock, and even metal.