I prefer to be part of a positive statement. I'm not interested in the psyche of a serial killer. What I'm interested in is creating a situation in which people get some emotional exercise, which makes them feel like human beings and makes them understand that they are part of the human community with all its responsibilities.

My work has always been important to me. The reason I continue to do it is because it's so much fun for me. I love my work and so that's what keeps me in the game.

When I was a carpenter, I once worked with this Russian lady architect. I would tell her, ‘Look, I’m terribly sorry, but I want to change that a half inch,’ and she would say, ‘No limit for better.’ I think that is a worthy credo. You keep on going until you get it as close to being right as the time and patience of others will allow.

You have to have the darkness for the dawn to come.

Some actors couldn't figure out how to withstand the constant rejection. They couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel.

The Force is within you. Force yourself.

The job's always the same. It involves helping to tell the story and creating an alloy between character and story that serves the film.