I'm not that interested in someone that one-dimensional, but I'm interested in playing somebody that's more complicated.

The world around us is in a sea change, and I think the glory of art is that it cannot only survive change, it can lead it

I'm interested in that thing that happens where there's a breaking point for some people and not for others. You go through such hardship, things that are almost impossibly difficult, and there's no sign that it's going to get any better, and that's the point when people quit. But some don't.

The big moment for me was making 'All the President's Men'. It was not about Watergate or President Nixon. I wanted to focus on something I thought not many people knew about: How do journalists get the story?

You’re never going to be the same person you are right now.

Ambiguity is something that I really respond to. I like the complexity of it.

I don't remember spending any time with anybody on set. I don't spend a lot of time with people.