I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people.

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I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how...

I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how...

All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and...

All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and...

Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be...

Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be...

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was...

Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was...

I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you...

I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you...

I was a science fiction junkie for a long time.

I was a science fiction junkie for a long time.

It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't...

It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't...

David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists.

David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists.

If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the...

If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the...

The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me...

The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me...

I was held hostage and almost executed by a man who was robbing us in...

I was held hostage and almost executed by a man who was robbing us in...

You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least...

You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least...

It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went...

It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went...

The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done.

The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done.

What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement.

What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement.

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.

But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know it,...

But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know it,...

I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when...

I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when...

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the...

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the...

I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process.

I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process.