If people take an interest in you and they think there's half a chance, they might hang on. It's dreadful.

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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...

I hate wasting people's time.

I hate wasting people's time.

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

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

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...

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...

Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from.

Many years ago, I really didn't know where the next work was coming from.

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 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 whole thing of weight, I guess it's because there is a wider fascination we...

The whole thing of weight, I guess it's because there is a wider fascination we...

I see a lot of movies. I love films as a spectator, and that's never...

I see a lot of movies. I love films as a spectator, and that's never...

I find it easier to work when it's quiet.

I find it easier to work when it's quiet.

There's nothing worse than finding yourself in a situation, a very demanding piece of work,...

There's nothing worse than finding yourself in a situation, a very demanding piece of work,...

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...

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...

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...

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 don't know what impression you might have of the way I live. I live...

I don't know what impression you might have of the way I live. I live...

My curiosity sustains me for the period of the shoot.

My curiosity sustains me for the period of the shoot.

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

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

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...