There are characters in movies who I call 'film characters.' They don't exist in real life. They exist to play out a scenario. They can be in fantastic films, but they are not real characters; what happens to them is not lifelike.

Something that could bring you wealth and fame could also be your end, your undoing.

I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film.

Yeah, writers do hate writing.

I always thought I'd be a New York theater actor, riding my bicycle to rehearsal. That was all I ever wanted.

Films are always a fiction, not documentary. Even a documentary is a kind of fiction.

I know some really great actors who are pretty judgmental people, pretty critical people. But they're great actors. When they're acting, that's the craft.