There is no middle ground in Hollywood; you're a failure or you're a success. That mentality is wild.

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

There is no good side to celebrity.

Many people out there don't have a choice, in choosing their friends and the people they're being manipulated by.

Now, there are so many movies, so many festivals, and so many awards going on, each judged with each other, like your work is worse than others and that's not fair. How can you tell what's best and what's worst from these awards? We're talking about art.

A part of being an actor is I people watch. I like to observe their behaviour, watch their reactions on the street and see how they talk to each other, and that's impossible when they are looking back at you. I used to enjoy taking the train and watching people in their own minds, struggling with themselves.

My concern is to continue respecting my work as I've done since I began as an actor and I could only do that if I'm strong enough to keep on doing what I think best in an artistic way.