I've never had a career of that kind of box office power. I've always learned the hard way

I would love to work more - I really would - but there is not a lot of stuff around and the stuff that is around is not very complicated; it tends to lie a little flat

It's the same with people knowing absolutely everything there is to know about an actor. I actually think the more personal information you have about an actor, the more you have to carve out for yourself when you go to a movie and see them in it

I feel that I'm a spiritual person in that I feel like telling stories is a spiritual exercise and I think that it's something that we need as a culture and as humans. We need for people to put stories up in front of us that we recognize ourselves so that we can see - you need to be able to see something in a finite form in order to identify with it sometimes because your life sprawls before you in this kind of way that you can't capture.

More and more movies have been pressured to allow reporters and TV cameras to come onto the set while you're working, and I find that a real violation

The rhythm of my career has always been very static, staccato and then silent, and then a lot of work, and then none

I really admire people who are extraordinarily tolerant and patient.