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

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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...

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...

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...

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'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...

Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm...

Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm...

I was a science fiction junkie for a long time.

I was a science fiction junkie for a long time.

David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists.

David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists.

Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study.

Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study.

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,...

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...

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...

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.

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 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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...