It's difficult when you have to turn down a tremendous amount of money because you don't like what the script is saying and you don't have any money.

Our resistance to this war should be our resistance to profit at the cost of human life. Because that is what these drums beating over Iraq are really about. This is about business.

I wouldn't say I'm a method actor. I do research when I feel I don't have enough experience for the part I'm playing.

If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity.

There's the theory that nudity doesn't really make something sexy; the characters and their relationship make it sexy.

I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view.

Altman was told they wouldn't do the film with me. He could easily have abandoned me, but he stood by me and really bailed me out.