I think acting is getting better and better.

The best thing for an actor to do is take your attention off of how you feel about it, and put it on striving to obtain a particular objective. The happy result is that it brings out all this unexpected stuff in yourself.

With an inexperienced director, a lot of times the days go on to 14, 15, 16 hours. It goes horrendously overtime. And because of the lack of money, they just keep you there, regardless of the hours.

I have a tendency to say 'yes' to a script or no to a script. Not 'yes' based on a rewrite.

I'm not much of a preparer. I think sometimes as an actor you need to go out and learn some skills, but in terms of preparation for understanding the character, it's all on the page, and if it's not on the page, you're in trouble.

It started with the Godfather, this operatic violence. I don't know.

I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion.