I don't feel I'm playing villains all the time.

Going to the movies was a big event in my youth. My father would be the initiator - he'd have me put on a jacket to see a film.

Performance is made in the editing room, and I've come to see the truth in that - the idea that they say performances are usually made in the editing room because what you film is the raw material. I think just going through the process of saying, "Which take do we use? Why is that the take we want? I want that take can you edit again, I'm not sure that's the one, I think it's this one." And just because you go through that process, I think somehow it's made me sort of more open about the [actor's] possibilities.

When you meet women, don't pretend to be anything that you're not.

Little moments can have a feeling and a texture that is very real.

The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.

There is a tension in relationships between wanting to return to the womb, but also wanting to be free. Because sometimes the woman's attentions can be overly maternal, and you want to go, 'Ahhhh!'