What you see is evidence of what you believe.
I make films and do the publicity and interviews, but then I want to get away from it all and be on my own.
What I find really difficult is making career decisions. Normally it will take me two weeks, until the very last minute and I have to say yes or no. For a couple of weeks, I will tune everyone out who is giving me advice, so that I can make a clear decision on my own and it takes time.
I'm not the kind of guy who's taking advantage of my position.
I am going to continue to work hard, but I do not take it too seriously, I just do what feels right and I really want to have a good time.
There's more to life than movies.
I hope I'm in a position to make stuff that I really want to make as opposed to stuff that I just have to make for money reasons, or to sustain a certain marquee value.
I don't particularly care about having [my characters] talk realistically, that doesn't mean very much to me. Actually, a lot of people speak more articulately than some critics think, but before the 20th century it really didn't occur to many writers that their language had to be the language of everyday speech. When Wordsworth first considered that in poetry, it was considered very much of a shocker. And although I'm delighted to have things in ordinary speech, it's not what I'm trying to perform myself at all: I want my characters to get their ideas across, and I want them to be articulate.
There ain't nothin' to dyin', really. You just get tired. You kind of drift away.
One matter Englishmen don't think in the least funny is their happy consciousness of possessing a deep sense of humor.
What we need are lots of girls who aren't as good as us, who'll treat us with the proper respect and reverance.