When I was a kid I was very interested in the idea of the will, finding out what you're capable of. I liked those kind of challenges.

I wish to Christ I could make up a really great lie. Sometimes, after an interview, I say to myself, 'Man, you were so honest - can't you have some fun? Can't you do some really down and dirty lying?' But the puritan in me thinks that if I tell a lie, I'll be punished.

Trust is always a factor. You've just got to look at the big picture, and you've got to look at the small picture - the small picture in the sense that you've got to make every scene work and you've got to deal with what people are presenting you with, too.

You have to lose yourself to find yourself.

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.

Socially, I like the idea of sitting in a theater with a bunch of people.

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.