'Taxi Driver' was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I didn't become a weirdo and squawk like a chicken.

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

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.

I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in the stone age.

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.

Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.

Privacy above all else. Some day, in the future, people will look back and remember how beautiful it once was.

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.

I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.

Critics have a job to do. They do not criticize you without reason.

Vague goals produce vague results

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

It is because they are so strong that she hides her feelings.

I do a film because I like the story and I want to give life to a character - I don't necessarily have to agree with the director.

I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful, and that which is love.

So even though I couldn't bear writing about cancer, I faced it every day.

Men have better self-images than women. You know what I've never seen in a men's magazine? A makeover.

From old habit, unconsciously he thanked God that he no longer believed in Him.