I've always felt that, no matter where you go, people are just people.

All that back-story stuff doesn't help. What you get paid for is to stand toe-to-toe with the other actor and get him to do your will.

Perhaps there is such a thing as obscene sex, but I know that violence is always obscene. So I don't get it, that you can disembowel a woman but you can't see her tits. Who made that up? That's sick!

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

We must admit that it is quite common that people do have affairs with their leading ladies and men.

As an actor, early on, you learn that the audience is never wrong. And if you think they are wrong, you need to find a different way to make a living. Collectively the audience is smarter than you will ever, ever be.

I feel like a lot of the young actors that are just coming up are really good. I think directors are directing better.