I separated myself in Prada because I didn't want to have fun. They were all having a lot of fun - Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci - and they were a little coterie of laughs.

I'm a pain in the ass to all of the costume designers with whom I work because I have very strong feelings about the subject.

When criticism comes your way as an actor they are not criticizing your writing or your painting or your piece, they are criticizing you! It is hard to put that away in a place where you are not hurt.

All that attention to the perfect lighting, the perfect this, the perfect that, I find terribly annoying.

There is some liberation in the freedom of being totally alone and really going for it.

Women are the last group anyone cares about in Hollywood.

Instant gratification is not soon enough.