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

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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...

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

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

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 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...

If people take an interest in you and they think there's half a chance, they...

If people take an interest in you and they think there's half a chance, they...

I think some actors thrive on working at a much greater pace than I do.

I think some actors thrive on working at a much greater pace than I do.

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 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...

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...

You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled...

You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled...

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...

When I've gone back to work, it's always with that sense of inevitability. That may...

When I've gone back to work, it's always with that sense of inevitability. That may...

I hate wasting people's time.

I hate wasting people's time.

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.

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

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

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...

How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the...

How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the...

Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is...

Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is...

My curiosity sustains me for the period of the shoot.

My curiosity sustains me for the period of the shoot.