I find that you can use an acting technique when the thing isn't working, not that you make the technique the end result of your work. You use the technique when you're in trouble and things aren't flowing the way they should. It's a way of fooling yourself to make it work again.

People get offended by animal rights campaigns. It's ludicrous. It's not as bad as mass animal death in a factory.

When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things.

It was important for me to have a partner who was ballsy.

When I am in Tibet, I am very happy. The Tibetans radiate. They literally send out light. The Dalai Lama's holiness generates love and compassion to every human being. He has committed himself to that. I haven't made that leap yet. I haven't given up self-aspiration. I still love making movies.

I haven't worked with people who are jealous or competitive. That's a particularly deadly attitude to have when you're working on a film.

There's really one character for every actor. The voyage is to find that one character.