The Greeks already understood that there was more interest in portraying an unusual character than a usual character - that is the purpose of films and theatre.

You don't want to cry over yourself, you don't want to have compassion about yourself. It's not the right place.

To be "here and now," in principle, is just for once. And then you have to repeat that.

We all pretend to be very strong, and then in a fraction, you can just break down, at least for me.

By definition, acting is improvisation, even if you follow the lines. You invent what you do, when you do it.

Sometimes you don't really understand the characters you do. I don't need to. Most of the behavior is obscure and I don't mind that. On the contrary, it's a fuel for me, to find out who the character is. As the spectator is finding out, I find out about the character myself.

It really helps you to go through difficult situations by just thinking about it as being a big amount of work which you have to solve how to do. For example, I don't feel very inspired when I act, I just act. That's it.