I saw bubbling lava, and at the same moment I saw a reflection of a certain kind of inner turmoil. Because at the moment I looked into that crater, I slipped, and a large piece of volcanic rock took a hole out of my leg. The scar is still there 20, 30 years later. But it's one of those things that reminds you of the kind of risk or the kind of moment in order to push yourself.

Theater is far superior to film in poetry, in abstract poetry.

I love directing Shakespeare on film. It's fantastic that the actors would do exactly the same thing and be true to their part.

We have often been attracted to the story of the other, the outcast. And he and I just loved working together, so it just kept happening, and our relationship is completely bound up with our work. We enjoy each other's art.

You have to stop yourself from even thinking about failing.

You just have to throw fear out the window. If there's anything that's going to hold you back, it's fear.

I want to experience a performance on all levels - I want goose bumps and I want to leave the movie or play arguing about something that's unresolved.