I spent a lot of time not in school, so I didn't have deep relationships with kids my own age.

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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...

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.

Claustrophobia makes it the perfect setting.

Claustrophobia makes it the perfect setting.

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

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

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,...

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 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...

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.

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.

The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.

The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.

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...

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...

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

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

I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because...

I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because...

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...

My kids are young and my life with them is really stimulating and really full...

My kids are young and my life with them is really stimulating and really full...

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...

I guess I've played a lot of victims, but that's what a lot of the...

I guess I've played a lot of victims, but that's what a lot of the...