I get a little scared of words like maturity.
Yeah, I had actually tried to stop acting before I made Dead Man Walking.
I don't see life as an opportunity to see how far you can go in the pursuit of pain, although I think I've challenged it a bit.
I'd do anything to get a performance, short of malice.
Whatever one considers art to be, there is in many people a hunger to express themselves creatively and to feel authentic in doing that.
Well, I think that when you direct a movie or write it. And in the case of the two movies I did, I wrote and directed, they occupy a special place for you.