As a producer, it starts when I talk about privacy and silence. It starts before anybody believes in it. And I think that's, you have to have a real sense of self, and in order to push things through. And so often, what's interesting, is how many people dismiss an idea that eventually everybody [gloms] onto. So to me it's, that's what I mean by hard.

I'm a very political person, and I make political choices in my movies.

Sometimes what I actually love to do is go to a farm and get fresh milk or watch a pig get slaughtered.

I don't think I'm sharp enough to not prepare and come on set and kill it.

In work, never have any regrets and always leave everything on the field.

Being a star doesn't last. That's not what life should be about. It's a complete illusion that really has nothing to do with you. For me, finding out about life is the most important thing.

I was listening to this Adele song, where she's like, "When we were young..." I was like, "You're 27. Are you kidding me?