I had a prodigious life, living in a grown-up world when I was a child. But I think my abilities were about perceptiveness, and they were about examining psychology and examining people and relationships.

I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing them - and having them still have dignity and still survive, still get through it.

I'm a technician. I don't go for the get-into-the-role stuff. I read the lines and play the scenes.

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.

You guys might be surprised, but I am not Honey Boo Boo Child.

The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.

Being an artist is a way of saying, I am here, and this is what I stand for.