In the States it's more and more difficult to get an independent film off the ground, and you certainly wont get the opportunity to play something like that in a studio movie.

Society is constantly recalibrating, redefining what it considers to be moral and immoral.

Lotte Lenya was all emotion. She wasn't anything but emotion. She was not an intellectual.

I remember once when I told Lindsay Anderson at a party that acting was just a sophisticated way of playing cowboys and Indians he almost had a fit.

I've never known what I've wanted to do. I've never planned anything in my life.

I stopped asking a long time ago, "why would you want me to play that?" I'm an actor. That's what I do.

I think [ Lars Von Trier] is a fantastic filmmaker. No question. You've got to be ready for him. He's sharp and he's got a sharp tongue and I love that. He doesn't mind it back.