The world is littered with movies about people that are depressed that either did not come out or are not successful.
Casting is a long process for me. I take a lot of time.
All the movies that I make in some ways have to be the story of my life. There are different chapters in my life.
I will always love psychology, and the basis of psychology is family.
I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the films, not to act.
I never know what's going to move me. I'm always surprised. And it's always a mystery to the people who work with me.
I like to be in a different place when I make a movie so that I can't really focus on anything else, and that is your world.
Adolescence is a tough one to be a child actor.
I think every movie changes me and is life changing, especially movies you direct.
Most actors don't really have a director's sensibility. They have an actor's sensibility.
I don't like the outside world to intrude when I'm making a film. I like to either see my family or work, but I don't like to go out.
I just want to make movies. I really love movies. I want to be involved with them.
'Taxi Driver' was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I didn't become a weirdo and squawk like a chicken.
I'm really not a clothes person. To me, that's just work. It's the thing I hate to do the most. I don't want to be judged in that way.
Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock do romantic comedies. I do dark dramas. I do these movies well.
The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.
I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young.
I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern.
Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.
I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because it takes over your life.
Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.
My mom was always late. It drove me crazy as a child. So I'm always on time - or early.
My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.
People are always surprised when I say that I'm an atheist.
I'm a technician. I don't go for the get-into-the-role stuff. I read the lines and play the scenes.
I read more than I do anything else, probably. I read about three books a week.
Otherness is a big thing for me. I'm always drawn to characters that live lives that I couldn't lead.
I'd always need a creative outlet. But sometimes, I do fantasize what my life would be like if I weren't famous.
Every movie changes you. The process of making a film changes you.
I don't find acting and directing schizophrenic in any way. I find it completely easy to move between the two.
