You can't outsmart or outguess the audience in terms of what the narrative answer is.

I have so many things that I want to do, and I don't have enough time in my life to do them all. The problem with acting business is that it's so expensive and you've got to get so many people to say yes.

If people walk out of the movie and they think about it, then that's quite something.

The one thing you can do that the audience can't do - all those smart people online in the chat rooms can't do - is deliver a satisfying emotional journey for a human being, for a character.

The actors in Britain are incredible, and I didn't appreciate that until I got there. They interpret your words and you realize how deliberate and thoughtful they are. There are great American actors, too, don't get me wrong, but the technique that British actors have is something really special.

It sounds corny, but I think people need stories to process the world. That's our business. That's the job we're in. We tell stories.

The beauty of a really good movie is that it's a whole world, complete in an hour and a half or two hours.