I feel my life has more meaning because I am responsible for another life, although I don't have control over what Lucian - my son - is going to do. He's definitely going to carve his own way.

I usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once.

Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me.

Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.That's why you hire them, so why tell somebody first what it is you want? I'm more curious to see what they bring to it and then be inspired by it and say: "OK, what if you tried this?" or "What would happen if ... ?"

I never want to feel like the way that I see it isthe only way. Sometimes mistakes happen and that's better than whatyou thought the scene could be. You allow room for the possibilities.

I can't relate to 99% of humanity.

I don't think about the characters I choose to play, analytically or consciously.