I'm completely aware of the fact that I'm a control freak.

I've never been a fan of whimsical or confusing storytelling.

Acting is the hardest job in the entire world. By far. Harder than ditch digging.

No matter how many times you do it, you don't get used to the sadness - for me at least - of coming to the end of a film.

If you figure a way to live without serving a master, any master, then let the rest of us know, will you? For you'd be the first person in the history of the world.

My writing has a lot to do with who I am, and what my life is like, and my relationships to people.

So with 'There Will Be Blood,' I didn't even really feel like I was adapting a book. I was just desperate to find stuff to write.