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

It's too easy to trivialize people. The Internet does it all the time.

I'm an optimist. I hope if a movie's good that it will be a success, but that's not always true, just because of popular taste or any other reasons. When something doesn't do better than it deserves to in your mind, it's pretty transparent - you usually know why. Is that a comfort? Yes, because it's logical. Does it make you happy? No, because if you think a movie is beautiful or interesting, you want to share it. 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 never act. I simply bring out the real animal that's in me.

As you get older, you suffer fools less easily. That's why there's all those cranky character actors. I'm an exception. I'm a sweetheart.

I have some sort of affinity for compulsive behavior. The most interesting stories come up from the people on the outside.

I don't think people are interested in my personal life. I've never had a Hollywood life. I've always been a worker.