The work I enjoy is when the camera rolls, and I like the work in the moment.

You always hope that the cloak of inspiration will fall, and you'll be O.K.

I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano.

It's becoming increasingly harder and harder; there's no such thing as independent film anymore. There aren't any, they don't exist. In the old days you could go and get a certain amount of the budget with foreign sales, now everybody wants a marketable angle.

How many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can count them on the fingers of one hand.

In the past, I’ve had my share of good reviews, but it’s always the crazy, scary, weirdo guy. I don’t even know how it happened. Look at me. I mean, when I’m naked, I look like a bald chicken. How did I get to be a scary bad guy?

I don't go to premieres. I don't go to parties. I don't covet the Oscar. I don't want any of that. I don't go out. I just have dinner at home every night with my kids. Being famous, that's a whole other career. And I haven't got any energy for it.