You can skim those stage directions and go right to the dialogue. You can almost read the movie in the same amount of time it will take you to see the movie.

A good actor's director, first of all, is prepared, so there's not an exorbitant amount of wasted footage.

We, in America, are so screwed up when it comes to sex. That's all we can see.

I don't know if it's fair to say that it's a bad time for movies. It seems to me that throughout the entire history of filmmaking, every year there have been about two really wonderful movies, about 10 others that are pretty good, and a whole pile of garbage.

Shameless is a rough show, and it’s not for everyone, but it’s also beautiful.

Directors work 10 times harder than anyone else. Get paid a quarter.

I feel very secure about the role of the actor in the future. They need us, because stories are about people.