I did my very first film with Kirk in Detective Story when he was the greatest, greatest star in the world. I fell in love with him, had a crush on him then.
I knew by heart all the dialogue of James Dean's films; I could watch Rebel Without a Cause a hundred times over.
Most actors hate watching their own films because all you can see is the glaring mistakes, your own tricks and ticks.
I don't adjust my training for any of my opponents. I don't watch films on my opponents.
I find it very interesting these days that films are bringing in so many people of different ethnicities, and I'm proud to be a part of that cultural shift.
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. -Frank Zappa, composer, musician, film director (1940-1993)
I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of the film. Even today, it is still timeless.
I think it's counterproductive for actors to come to the set with well-thumbed copies of the book their film is adapted from.
I think that two-dimensional film will always be here to stay because it always has its place, but 3D does too.
I wanted to make my sophomore film as different as possible. I didn't want to be pigeonholed. I didn't want to be identifiable.
I'm fascinated with films that deal with strategy because there's a right way and a wrong way to get the job done.
A film has to maintain a certain decorum in order to be broadcast to a vast audience.
On the film sets of 'New Moon' and 'Eclipse,' I feel safe. It's like you're in the center of the hurricane, but outside is where it starts to get chaotic.
I always feel I could be like Toni Collette, going between big studio things and indie films. That would be feasible.
I like boring black and white films with subtitles. I'm basically a drip.
I think often in film we limit our imaginations a little - well, quite a lot, actually... things get quite formulaic.
There's nothing like being on a massive-budget film where you don't know anything, and there's a million people, and no one's communicating.
Film sets are constantly amusing because you really are creating something that is so very surreal, and I kind of like that.
The Greeks already understood that there was more interest in portraying an unusual character than a usual character - that is the purpose of films and theatre.
Our Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.
How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.
