I'm not going to have a tombstone. I'm going to be tossed in the air. Ashes, tossed like a salad.

I want to discover a truth for myself that is really true. Whether it's a piece of scientific knowledge, or a philosophical truth.

If there's anything I'm not pompous about, it's myself or my work. But I seem to be able to play it.

I love living in Los Angeles.

When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad.

There's an ecstasy about doing something really good on film: the composition of a shot, the drama within the shot, the texture... It's palpable.

I envy the people who say, 'oh, well, I've got my name in the golden book and I'm going to be entered into the pearly gates.'