I think there's a dishonorable tradition in Hollywood to give the idea, particularly to children, that evil characters are dark.

I would say, and this sounds like a rather immodest thing to say, but the truth is it's probably the most amazing thing of all, it's pretty much exactly what I thought we were going to make, what I hoped we'd make.

Anybody knows who lives with animals, they teach you more about what it is to be a good human than most people: patience, goodheartedness, enthusiasm, presence, forgiveness, focus, restfulness, honesty.

There's nothing I'm particularly keen to hide about my humanity.

The whole thing of working in collaboration with filmmakers is the thing that I love the most, and possibly the thing I do the best.

I think that a real film fan experience is about a kind of omnivorous experience.

For me, sex is a refraction of the thing about identity. In the sexual contact, which is usually - but not exclusively - between two people, you do retain separate people.