I've walked out of films. But for every film I've ever walked out of, I've probably walked out of 500 plays.

Some deeply untrusting actors - the kind that need to know exactly what's what and are completely insecure - might be quite good within the parameters of a certain sort of acting.

I'm developing the stuff all the time. There's a film in my head. I'm imagining a film.

There are plenty of bad actors and there are plenty of bad directors. There are actors who will always be bad and there are good actors who you cry for because they're being badly directed or the material isn't good enough.

I discover what my film is by embarking on the journey of making it.

The delineation between the actor and his part is a practical matter. When the camera runs, you want the actor to be the character.

The good thing from my perspective is that nobody puts any pressure on me to say what it's going to be. The backers accept that they don't know what they are going to get.