Too many women throw themselves into romance because they're afraid of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity. I won't do that.

A lot of new American directors have had mentors who have given them advice. And some of them have had the way paved for them by huge Hollywood directors who saw a younger version of themselves.

Performing is the hardest thing. Even though I've done it for so many years, it's still exposing yourself. You suddenly become extremely vulnerable when you're on camera. You're filmed and you're being observed. It's a bit of a violation each time.

It's easier for Europeans to give money to a movie that says a blow job is what brought down American democracy.

It's a typical story: you think of something, it stays in the back of your head for a while, and then you finally do it.

When people go through a fight, they're saying things because they hurt, and they want to hurt the person back. Sadly, that's the nature of a relationship. It's one moment where you aren't very adult, but that's how love and a certain passionate relationship exists. When you love someone, it doesn't mean you become a perfect human being, do you?

The camera can move, you can make the shots, blah blah blah, but as long as the actors are good, you have something.