To find a good story, you’re generally going to find it in independent or lower budget movies... I wouldn’t mind doing a big budget movie if it had a great story.

Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways.

I don't have a BlackBerry or whatever you call it. And there is something to be said for being isolated and out of phone range, because you can fall into a habit to such a degree that you don't even realise that you've lost something: silence.

It's very rare you get a great script just handed to you, or sent to you, by someone you don't know.

When I have a day off, I won't spend it at a Hollywood party. I'd rather be at home with paints and a blank canvas.

In other words, I’m against cheating, greed, cruelty, racism, imperialism, religious fundamentalism, treason, and the seemingly limitless capacity for hypocrisy shown by Bush and his administration.

The Holocaust movie is almost a genre in itself these days.