I think that the process of trying to become somebody else, and obviously the director/actor relationship in trying to do that, is such a weird, undefinable thing.

I like Scottish people because they feel very true. They're always level and straight. They get a reputation for being hardened because of it, but I find them to be scrupulously honest people.

I'm a terrible dancer.

I think that what drives most of us as human beings is the want for something. You might have a hope, or a big dream, or a goal that you haven't yet achieved.

Edinburgh is so cultural and such a beautiful place to walk around.

The image of all the cars leaving pastel-colored people at the same time has never really left me as an anti-ambition for life!

I really admire artists who take the time to recharge their batteries and not continually call on it. I think you can spot tired and jaded artists quite quickly.

I don't think you can decide how famous or not you become.

I don't really use the Internet or the newspapers to find out about people.

I've never got a part in the same way twice. I've never prepared the same way. I've never experienced the filming the process the same way.

I'll tell you, there's no goodies and baddies in the world, there's just people with intentions that sometimes clash.

By my existence I am nothing more than an empty place, an outline, that is reserved within being in general. Given with it, though, is the duty to fill in this empty place. That is my life.

Love is a broken vase whose shape everyone remembers differently.

My bar for being successful is being able to do movies that really mean something to me and being able to make a living off of that.

We are the dead. Our only true life is in the future.

My mom taught me not to talk about money.

Lower taxes, less government spending on domestic programs and fewer regulations mean a better economy for everybody.

Our deepest need is to be seen.

The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases.

I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age.

The forms are part of the mind, or really are the mind, they're just the contents of this universal night.