Often Hollywood crews go into third world countries and I don't believe they behave well.

Eccentricity is what's sexy in people.

I find Hollywood really toxic.

I think mystery is kind of great. I don't know anything about Bette Davis or Katharine Hepburn or Ava Gardner - not really - and I like that. I love watching their movies because they're my personal movie stars. I don't know what they eat and who their trainer is.

I don't believe your soul mate has to share your politics.

Normally, I would do research. For The Constant Gardener, I played an activist, so I went to meet activists. You can find them dotted around. But with The Brothers Bloom, I couldn't meet a nutty heiress who lived in a bubble in a mansion. There was no one to meet. So this was just an active imagining, a daydream.

Fear is like the steam that fires the combustion engine. You need fear to get a performance going.