I'd give my goddamned soul for just a glass of beer.

I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different.

If you get an impulse in a scene, no matter how wrong it seems, follow the impulse. It might be something and if it ain't - take two!

Charlize Theron and Cate Blanchett are very good actresses.

In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right.

You have to do every movie one at a time. Trilogy is contrary to this ideology. My nightmare is to wake up and find myself the host of a TV series.

I don’t want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me.