The thing is David is also aware of everything and it's not like you're going somewhere the director is not.

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David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists.

David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists.

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...

I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.

I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.

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...

People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it...

People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it...

I have a film I want to direct. Gena Rowlands was going to do it...

I have a film I want to direct. Gena Rowlands was going to do it...

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...

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

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

I need six weeks of rehearsal and women need nine months and it took me...

I need six weeks of rehearsal and women need nine months and it took me...

I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily.

I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily.

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...

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...

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...

I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations.

I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations.

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 am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time...

I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time...

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.

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...

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...

The thing is, I don't believe in most of what's done. The amount of financial...

The thing is, I don't believe in most of what's done. The amount of financial...