I never wanted to be with someone who just hung around the house.

My life before children I don't really remember. I've heard references to it, but I really don't remember.

Of course it's trivial, but then most things are.

I mean, a lot of time rehearsals are taken up with other things other than preparing a character.

All you have is the writer's imagination. You have a very limited time to take this imaginary person and bring the details of their life, as you perceive them, to life. You attempt to do to that as fully and as vibrantly as you can. It's depressing to read how much you've failed. And it's not even particularly instructive or necessary to read how you succeeded because in the end don't you have to judge that?

Scary monsters are like Hula Hoops. They come in and out of fashion.

If I hear a film clip, or I happen to see some image from a film - you go to a film festival, and they show some clip of the movies you've been in, most of the time I sit there and go, "Oh God, I should have... should have... that was terrible." But I think that's a natural part of this work, because really, your work is never over. Of course I can leave it alone and walk off the set and never think about it again when it's done. But your work is really ongoing all the time.