Look, it's terrible, I know, but weakness really, really bugs me, to the point that if there is a wounded bird on the sidewalk, I look at it and I go: I think I'll just kick it.

Most actors don't really have a director's sensibility. They have an actor's sensibility.

I didn't work very much when they were young, and I had the luxury to be able to do that. Most people can't.

I've worked with Neil Jordan, who I really adore. We did The Brave One [2007] together.

It's a skill that people are born with. Either you're a focuser or you're a multitasky person. I am a full-focus person.

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

I think it's important that when people are struggling, that you not run away from them if you love them. Kristen, I mean, I look at the room tonight, you know, Kristen Stewart and Claire Danes, Jennifer Lawrence, all these young women that I worked with who basically were child actors like I was a child actor. And then I feel very protective of them, because even though I think I have managed to get through the process relatively sanely, I have my scars, and I hope to be in some ways a member of their family that's out there protecting them.