I make movies about people in spiritual crisis because it's a way for me to spend the time, the energy, the focus and the obsession to come to terms with my own spiritual crisis.

As time goes on, I will play characters who get older: I don't want to be some Botoxed weirdo.

Cruelty might be very human and very cultural, but it is not acceptable and it is not an option.

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

Going back and forth between the press and something like The Crucible must be really crazy and intense.

I aspire to be able to appreciate and review a director based on their accomplishments and based on who they are and what they bring to the material, regardless of their gender.

There is no direct evidence, so how could you ask me to believe in God.