I really did feel like I was surrounded by family members. I didn't have a dad, and I remember there were all these guys - in the old days, there were no women, except a makeup artist or, occasionally, a script supervisor. So there were just guys who taught me how to, you know, whittle wood, or how to pull focus, and what the camera was doing. And if I was being bratty, they'd sit me down and tell me. There were lots of rules about not being late and making sure that you didn't spill anything. So it felt a little bit like I was in a family.

I like to be in a different place when I make a movie so that I can't really focus on anything else, and that is your world.

I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because it takes over your life.

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.

My mom was always late. It drove me crazy as a child. So I'm always on time - or early.

It's very important to distinguish between chemical depression that requires medication and talk therapy.

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