I don't think an actor needs to necessarily go through his things to do his job. I think it's way more important to imagine. And then, when you're imagining, your experiences, your images and your own personal things will show up, but you keep imagining. You don't get stuck in your own personal things, otherwise you are telling your story in every character, and that's not interesting for anybody.

I'm not the kind of actor that gets crazy with [directors'] names, what draws me toward a project is the material itself.

[That night] I was sitting by Jack Nicholson with my long list of thanks, and I said, `I'm so nervous. I don't know what to say if I go up there.' He said, `Don't get emotional, drop the names, and dedicate it to your mother.'

I can't imagine what it would be like being James Bond 24 hours. That must be exhausting.

When you are portraying somebody that has a very specific emotional weight, you feel like you're really starting to abandon your own body and go to someplace else.

I have a man and a woman in the same body; I have the male and female values in the same body.

When you know people are really at peace with who they are and what they do, they collaborate and want to help you to improve.