Going in one more round when you don't think you can - that's what makes all the difference in your life.

Suddenly I've got an overwhelming desire to surround myself with the aura of classical and Romantic art.

Lighting can bring out certain contours in the body, in the face, in the eyes, that otherwise flat lighting couldn't.

I'd live in a museum if I could. I used to spend hours and hours in the Museum of Modern Art.

Artists die twice. First creatively. Then physically. The second one is the easiest.

The idea that boxing lends itself to cinema so well is because it's usually a morality play - good against evil, insecurity and triumph, fear strikes out, so the audience can really get drawn into the drama of it. Also, it was sensual and very primal. I think subliminaly we do two things - life is a fight, life is a struggle and we understand that from our early, early, early ancestors, and life is a race.

We do two things in life: We race the clock and everything is a struggle. One way or not, it's a metaphorical battle all of the time.