David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists.

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I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when...

I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when...

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

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

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.

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

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

I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you...

I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you...

The thing is, I don't believe in most of what's done. The amount of financial...

The thing is, I don't believe in most of what's done. The amount of financial...

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 simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me...

The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me...

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...

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.

It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went...

It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went...

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.

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...

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...

But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know it,...

But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know 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 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.

If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the...

If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the...

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...

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...