I got to read some writings by serial killers, and they got inside my head. They were quite disturbing. I read disturbing stuff about that very detached way of manipulating people to do things.

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I can't go and shoot people in the back of the head because It's a...

I can't go and shoot people in the back of the head because It's a...

As an actor, there's a bit of you that's decided you want to be looked...

As an actor, there's a bit of you that's decided you want to be looked...

It was just two energies between two people, you can't prescribe that.

It was just two energies between two people, you can't prescribe that.

I have a lot of stuff I want to talk about and offer up. It...

I have a lot of stuff I want to talk about and offer up. It...

There's a lot of people who feel there's a tabloid journalist who had it coming.

There's a lot of people who feel there's a tabloid journalist who had it coming.

There are those moments when you shake someone's hand, have a conversation with someone, and...

There are those moments when you shake someone's hand, have a conversation with someone, and...

The film depends on the audience's belief in this relationship.

The film depends on the audience's belief in this relationship.

I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai.

I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai.

In the best material, you always should be able to somehow make a case for...

In the best material, you always should be able to somehow make a case for...

Little moments can have a feeling and a texture that is very real.

Little moments can have a feeling and a texture that is very real.

You're meant to be playing the distillation of evil, which can be anything.

You're meant to be playing the distillation of evil, which can be anything.

I admire the world of the books and the characters that she's created, but I'm...

I admire the world of the books and the characters that she's created, but I'm...

I respond to a part just intuitively when I read a script.

I respond to a part just intuitively when I read a script.

There's a challenge to playing these fantasy figures because they are fantasy figures. You have...

There's a challenge to playing these fantasy figures because they are fantasy figures. You have...

In the studio system, things are expected of a film. By the first, second, third...

In the studio system, things are expected of a film. By the first, second, third...

You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.

You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.

I was only interested in my scene, and I had to go through thousands and...

I was only interested in my scene, and I had to go through thousands and...

When she was younger, my mother was quite committed to Roman Catholicism. But she got...

When she was younger, my mother was quite committed to Roman Catholicism. But she got...

I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights.

I like to keep fit, but I never lift very heavy weights.

I veer away from trying to understand why I act. I just know I need...

I veer away from trying to understand why I act. I just know I need...