Sometimes you have to confront your demons and sometimes even let them loose to genuinely find a place where you can gain some understanding.

There's no such thing as an actor giving positive criticism to a director. The minute you say 'Don't you think it would look nicer', that director's going to hate your guts. Particularly if it's a good idea.

In terms of popular cinema, 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' is as near perfection as I can think of.

In the acting game, you spend a long time fighting against what the director perceives you to be. And half the time the directors don't know.

I don't like the way some actors, when playing a nasty character, will try to grab hold of something good about them.

Sometimes you have to confront your demons and sometimes even let them loose to genuinely find a place where you can gain some understanding.

The fact in acting, you can tap into your darkest moments in life to your lightest moments. And people will watch it, and appreciate it, and even engage with you because of that. That's the greatest job one Earth.