I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies.
It's very hard for me to get a new car. It's really hard for me to get a new house. It's really hard for me to move on from the things that give me stability.
I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.
I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.
Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock do romantic comedies. I do dark dramas. I do these movies well.
I'd always need a creative outlet. But sometimes, I do fantasize what my life would be like if I weren't famous.
As an actor, I'm attracted to drama; as a director, it's humor - because it's the story of my life, and I can't be that serious about it. Being alone is a big theme in all my movies, both as a directo...
It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.
Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting and of all relationships.
My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.
Let how you live your life stand for something no matter how small and incidental it may seem.
I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read a book and not feel responsible for what will happen the next day.
Normal is not something to aspire to it's something to get away from.
I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing them - and having them still have dignity and still survive, still get through it.
I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like doing physical movies and I like doing movies where the writing is very lean.
So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.
The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time looking at those. Those were the awkward years. I don't know if anybody can look at something they did when they were 14 and not wince.
But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because there was Midnight Cowboy.
I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.
I had to take my makeup off at work every night. I wasn't allowed to do it at home because my mom said that when your work day is done, you're done with work.