There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people.

It is a political thriller. It's very action packed and it's very exciting, but at the same time it's a very big soulful love story about longing and loss. They're not separate, they're completely dependent on one another.

Bad things happen when people work together. Everything goes out of control.

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

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.

In L.A., unless you've just won an Oscar or you're Mr. Studio Head, no one talks to you. Even at parties.

People still kill in the name of religion. We haven't evolved to the point where we're one tribe called humans.