I like to come to the set with very strong ideas and strong opinions about how to do things. And I like also dealing with somebody who's like that.

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.

Well, in the theater, I think you're actually more responsible for what is going on onstage as a director than you are in film.

[Truman Capote] was not only just selling his writing, but he was selling himself as a person.

Actors are responsible to the people we play. I don't label or judge. I just play them as honestly and expressively and creatively as I can.

Well, I think everyone struggles with self-love.

It's important to say that actors can't act alone, it's impossible. What we have to do is support each other.