I'm not much interested in sport just as sport. I wouldn't be interested in making a golf film or baseball or fishing film.

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.

Let's get something straight - I don't see myself as beautiful.

[Making Ordinary People] was a wonderful experience. Tremendous. I haven't seen it since. It belongs to the public now; it no longer really belongs to me.

The art of making a film and its content are far more interesting to me than the result or impact.

Not taking a risk is a risk. That's how I see it.

A lot of what acting is is paying attention.