I think about death a lot, like I think we all do. I don't think of suicide as an option, but as fun. It's an interesting idea that you can control how you go. It's this thing that's looming, and you can control it.

You know how sometimes department stores have these things where, if you win, you get 10 minutes to go in and take anything you want from the store? That's basically what I'm doing. I'm running in and just trying to grab as many characters as possible before they pull the plug on me.

I don't think you can discriminate against budgets, you know? I'm an actor, I guess, so I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can. If there's a character I think I can play, and they're going to let me do it, I'll do it whether it's $10 or $1 million or more.

In New York, you're forced to deal with life; it's there in front of you on a daily basis.

I think we're very complicated and we're capable of all kinds of things, and movies don't reflect that.

To watch a master work at anything is a privilege.

If you're making a movie about the effects of time, you kind of have to engage time as the main character.