More often than not, the experience of shooting the movie has been disappointing and the end product has been a mere shadow of what I hoped it would be. But immersing myself in the story - that's what I like best of all.

You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day.

Speaking more than one language and living in a multicultural family and environment did not seem like anything but what it was: the world I lived in.

Being an actor, imitating to the point of inhabiting the lives of others, may simply be a way of continuing to do what I learned to do as a boy - to travel, mentally and physically.

Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them.

The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.

I don't speak up about something unless I feel strongly about it and until I've researched a subject extensively and have an informed decision about it.