I just don't think I've ever been comfortable at public functions and selling myself as an entity.

I think part of my reputation has to do with the difficult roles I've played. Actors do tend to get identified with their characters.

I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates when he said...I drank what?

Give me the compliments. I love compliments. I was born modest, but it wore off.

Do what you like to do so well that someone will pay you wages for it.

Without deadlines and restrictions I just tend to become preoccupied with other things.

There are only three reasons to do a movie: the cast, the director, the role. Like I say, you live in a minute of screen time, but to prepare for the minute takes much more than a day. You'd better be excited about what those moments are, even if they're the hardest moments. Or the smallest.