Acting is like any other art form, in that you have the option to go very big or go very small.

I got a little tired of movies where I had to shoot people. I got to thinking about the power of film and what that power is. The power is in fact that it really can change people's minds.

When you have 400 people watching you making a movie, it doesn't go where you want it to go. It's a lot of pressure.

With the advent of this kind of TMZ culture, it sadly seems to have infiltrated the vanguard of film commentary. I see these reviews sometimes where I think, well, you have a right to say whatever you want about my work, and I will listen whether it's good or bad and see if there's something that I might work with, but personal issues don't have a place in film commentary.

I think that if you go about making movies to win Oscars, you’re really going about it the wrong way.

Picasso said art is a lie that tells the truth. What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it?

I'm at the point now where I know I'm doing something right when a movie gets mixed reviews, because then I'm not in the box. I don't want to make it too easy for people and I don't want to make it too easy for myself. I want to try something unusual.