I think I'm less anonymous than I was.

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

Vanity is something that will only get in the way of doing your best work, and ultimately if you're truly vain you care more about your work than how you look in your work. I actually consider myself a pretty vain guy when it comes to that.

I've had to make the transition from sweeping in for 15 minutes, doing my stuff and clearing out, to carrying a movie for the duration - in a dress.

I have so much empathy for these young actors that are 19 and all of a sudden they're beautiful and famous and rich. I'm like, 'Oh my God, I'd be dead.'

The weight comes off, you know? If you stop with the bread and the pie, it really does. It really works.

No one wants to be pretentious about what they do or take it seriously, because that is just weird.