Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure.

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

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

Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study.

Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study.

I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process.

I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process.

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

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

I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people.

I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people.

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

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

I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily.

I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily.

I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations.

I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations.

You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least...

You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least...

I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how...

I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how...

All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and...

All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and...

People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it...

People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it...

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the...

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the...

I have a film I want to direct. Gena Rowlands was going to do it...

I have a film I want to direct. Gena Rowlands was going to do it...

David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists.

David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists.

Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be...

Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be...

I was a science fiction junkie for a long time.

I was a science fiction junkie for a long time.

I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time...

I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time...

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was...

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was...

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

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