I've gone through phases of just forgiving your parents for not being as young as they used to be or not being able to do the things they could do before, and I think this film is about forgiveness. It…

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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...

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...

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in...

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in...

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.

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 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...

I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies.

I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies.

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 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...

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...

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...

I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young.

I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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 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...

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

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

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,...