David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists.

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity.

If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character

I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people

You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least other people's idea of that mold.

I'm not comfortable with walking the red carpet in a tuxedo and seeing all the women with their boobs pushed up and all the men dressed as penguins - particularly when the subject of your film is the nature of violence and humanity.

People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it over people who don't.