You can be intuitive when you've got a more expansive role. You can get into the poetry of telling the story rather than just pushing buttons.

When I give over to somebody's vision rather than have an idea of what I need to do, it takes me to places I wouldn't have got to by myself. I'm always attracted to a strong director.

Sometimes you make very interesting movies that aren't meant for everybody. But this is a capitalist society, so everything conspires to put value on whether it sells or not.

I don't want people to know anything about me, because that's not important. I'm more interested in the me that takes shape through the characters.

Performing is about developing empathy, which leads us to a broader view of the world and encourages us to develop compassion; so we can comfort each other and not be so brutal with each other.

Turn off the sound in a movie, and if you can tell what's going on, the movie should work.

I never act. I simply bring out the real animal that's in me.