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

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Claustrophobia makes it the perfect setting.

Claustrophobia makes it the perfect setting.

I had to take my makeup off at work every night. I wasn't allowed to...

I had to take my makeup off at work every night. I wasn't allowed to...

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

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

But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because...

But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because...

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

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...

I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like...

I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like...

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...

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...

The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time...

The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time...

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...

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.

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...

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.

I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing...

I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing...

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...

I wish that I spoke more languages. I speak a couple languages, but not well...

I wish that I spoke more languages. I speak a couple languages, but not well...

By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based...

By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based...

Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors...

Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors...