I feel there's so much still to learn about acting. But there is some magic in the capturing of performance and in the process of editing a performance. The psychology of human beings and what's coming through the face... that fascinates me.

Being an actor means asking people to look at you. I guess I accept that. But it's a profession in which the job is to show another world and other people. You may access it through bits of yourself, and your imagination and experience, but actually, in the end, you're not playing yourself.

I have a lot of stuff I want to talk about and offer up. It would be odd not to have ideas about something.

Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender. They have to be persistent.

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

If I had a gun to my head and I had to choose between theater and film I'd choose theater.

I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai.