I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like doing physical movies and I like doing movies where the writing is very lean.

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But now I really don't want to work unless I really, really care about a...

But now I really don't want to work unless I really, really care about a...

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

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

I think Anna and the King is a look at Asia from the Asian perspective,...

I think Anna and the King is a look at Asia from the Asian perspective,...

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

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

I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast.

I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast.

Claustrophobia makes it the perfect setting.

Claustrophobia makes it the perfect setting.

I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.

I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate...

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate...

You develop a third eye where you kind of know where they are in a...

You develop a third eye where you kind of know where they are in a...

I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see...

I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see...

I've gone through phases of just forgiving your parents for not being as young as...

I've gone through phases of just forgiving your parents for not being as young as...

I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read...

I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read...

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in...

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in...

I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the...

I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the...

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern.

I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern.

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so...

I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so...