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

And I don't want to use my troubles as an example of what to do and what not to do.

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.

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

It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went on, I spent the rest of my life trying to figure out how to make other people realize it.

I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how good we're going to be received in America because that's where it's most challenging

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.