Making a mistake means overshooting a scene, shooting too many takes, for instance. Long after you've got it, you just keep shooting.

Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood.

A good director is very well prepared, and knows exactly how he's going to cut the film, so the shooting is as efficient as possible.

Directing is a huge amount of work with very little payoff, and a quarter of the money, and nine times more time spent.

I'm not religious. It's an issue, 'cause I've got two little kids, and I feel you can't grow up without knowledge of religion.

I've studied Stanislavsky, and Mamet taught Stanislavsky, and I studied with Sanford Meisner. But the part of the method that I think is the most fruitful is the method of physical actions. It all comes down to your objective: Nothing else counts except what you want. How you feel will take care of itself.

When I was in New York, I was making a living. We had a summer house and a car that I could put in a garage. That's something for a stage actor.