As a child, these colourful superheroes that could fly, or were horrifying like Ghost Rider and the Hulk, with this tremendous rage or these supernatural powers, provided an escape for me from my mundane existence, from my lack of friends or my inability to communicate well with people. They liberated me.

I believe that there's a way to question authority with manners, with dignity. There's no reason to be rude about it.

I try to make two movies a year. To me, that's not too much. On top of that, I like to work.

Actors have an opportunity to use storytelling as a way to solve pain.

I don't drink blood, and last time I looked in the mirror, I had a reflection.

I'm very impressed with 'Drive.'

How do you say one actor is better than another actor? You can definitely say that in the Olympics if it's the same race and someone wins the race. The only way to really do it and have it be sincere would be if you get all the actors together, and they're all playing the same part, and then you rate which one made you feel the most.