I like celluloid, I like film, I like the way that when a movie is projected it sort of breathes a little in the gate. That's the magic of it to me.

The thing a drama school can't give you is instinct. It can sharpen instinct but that can't be taught, and you have to have intuition. It's an essential ingredient.

Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men.

I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.

I was never really that interested in the punk movement. I was a blues guy: I liked Motown, James Brown.

At the Oscars, if you didn't vote for '12 Years a Slave' you were a racist.

I'm not the best audience for that because I'm not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that.