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

With 'Taxi Driver,' I had this eureka moment. I realized that acting could be much more than what I had been doing. I had to build a character that wasn't me.

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

I'm interested in directing movies about situations that I've lived, so they are almost a personal essay about what I've come to believe in.

I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young.

I wish people could get over the hang-up of subtitles, although at the same time, you know, that's kind of why I'm kind of pro dubbing.

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