I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time I know that I have to let it go.

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.

The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done

The Alexander Technique has helped me to undo knots, unblock energy and deal with almost paralysing stage fright

I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how good we're going to be received in America because that's where it's most challenging

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge.

The greatest single human gift is the ability to chase down our dreams.

What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement.

I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.

People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it over people who don't.

It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't get to the mainstream.

For those of you who may be homeschooled: high school is that four-year asylum where they put teenagers because we have no idea what else to do with them.

The eyes of god are upon you, I mean the eyes of society. We are prisoners of societies in which we live

Most moms and dads think they are either the best or the worst parents in the world. Both are wrong.

The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.

To bathe a cat takes brute force, perseverance, courage of conviction - and a cat. The last ingredient is usually hardest to come by.

I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.

South Africa is a country built on possibility. Possibility lies in making a difference and creating value from a situation - without denying that certain issues exist.

Romances I ne'er read like those I have seen.

It's always exciting for me to perform.

Women forget all the things they don't want to remember, and remember everything they don't want to forget.