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'd always need a creative outlet. But sometimes, I do fantasize what my life would be like if I weren't famous.
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.
Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock do romantic comedies. I do dark dramas. I do these movies well.
I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.
My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.
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...
Let how you live your life stand for something no matter how small and incidental it may seem.
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 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.
So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.
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.
But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because there was Midnight Cowboy.
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.
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.