We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.
It's disappointing to see films become pure entertainment, so that it's not an art form.
I don't think you can artificially prepare for something like this, I want to be me. I have to be me.
At some point, I would like to write a book and other things, but I work best when there is some sort of deadline in my own mind, but not when fifty people or fifty million people are breathing down the back of my neck.
Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of our mind, waiting for our call. We have need for them. They represent the wisdom of our race.
I would have loved to play Atticus in 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' There's no music in it, but it doesn't mean I wouldn't want to do it!
I keep meeting directors that are so irresistible. I only do irresistible films, because I don't need to act to feel myself alive.