I had no ambition to become an actor at all.
As an actor, or as a person, I like to do things that are challenging.
I knew from the time I could walk that I wanted to be an actor.
An actor has power, and their power is very simple: it's the power to say no.
Most people don't like challenges at work. Actors love challenges at work.
Music always came first. I never set out to be an actor.
I watched movies and thought, 'I want to be in movies,' and wanted to be an actor.
There's a certain amount of self-aggrandising with actors, and I'm terribly shy of that.
I think most actors like to be liked.
I'm not one of those actors that knows everything about politics.
I enjoy being a highly overpaid actor.
David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists.
I've been aware of the work I do as an actor being directorial in feel.
It surely gives you a high to be an international actor with quality work.
Part of the privilege of being an actor is the people you get to work with.
I, also, found the opportunity to work with the actors extremely gratifying and rewarding.
John Malkovich is such an interesting person and such a fun actor to work with.
That's an actor's dream to get something meaty and juicy and challenging to work on.
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The directors I respect are the ones who have a collaborative attitude, who collaborate with actors.
I've always wanted to be like the Hollywood Golden Age actors.
