Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.

Everybody said I was good, but being known and not having a big film success is almost tougher than being completely new. It just kind of turned my life around and was definitely a highlight.

Acting is everybody's favorite second job.

Once you've started a film you don't become a wet noodle. You must have that conflictual interface because you don't know, and they don't know. It's through conflict that you come out with something that might be different, better than either of you thought to begin with.

Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great "literateur" of his time.

I look for a director with a script he likes a lot, but I'm probably after the directors more than anything.

Even in the most sophisticated person, it is the primitive eye that watches the film.