The thing about death is that it's honest. I go to things that have a core of honesty about them and there's nothing more honest than death.

There's something grueling but very appealing about rough, to-the-bone material in a low budget context. There's less between you and the material. There are less people. There is less time. There's often less technology. You have to concentrate very intensely, and you jump in a little deeper because there's nothing in your way... but there are challenges.

I am very lucky, because for the most part people are very nice to me, and I am still able to go about my life and ride the subway and all that.

My parents were divorced and I would spend weekends with my father.

I don't think you should exploit your own pain.

Some big movies are terrific, and some aren't. They're made for different reasons, and they have different impacts and they're very different experiences making them. But if they're good, if you're with good people, then hooray.

People's view of cancer will change when they have their own relationship with cancer, which everyone will, at some point.