I see a lot of movies. I love films as a spectator, and that's never obscured by the part of me that does the work myself. I just love going to the movies.

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I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that...

I think I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not really aware of that...

I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey.

I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey.

Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.

Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.

I think some actors thrive on working at a much greater pace than I do.

I think some actors thrive on working at a much greater pace than I do.

I hate wasting people's time.

I hate wasting people's time.

My curiosity sustains me for the period of the shoot.

My curiosity sustains me for the period of the shoot.

I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.

I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.

I'm very often still very much alive for that other being and that other world...

I'm very often still very much alive for that other being and that other world...

I suppose the place where I live is fairly remote, it would seem remote to...

I suppose the place where I live is fairly remote, it would seem remote to...

If people take an interest in you and they think there's half a chance, they...

If people take an interest in you and they think there's half a chance, they...

I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working...

I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working...

When I've gone back to work, it's always with that sense of inevitability. That may...

When I've gone back to work, it's always with that sense of inevitability. That may...

There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there...

There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there...

Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence...

Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence...

I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for...

I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for...

The last time I was on a small set would've been probably My Left Foot.

The last time I was on a small set would've been probably My Left Foot.

I was a savage for so many years of my life. There was some seed...

I was a savage for so many years of my life. There was some seed...

How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the...

How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the...

At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the...

At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the...

Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is...

Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is...